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How to use malcontent in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Malcontent means dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious. Example: “To cap everything, yet another war waged by malcontent generals did further widespread damage to the railways.”

Examples of malcontent by meaning

adjectiveDissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.

  • To cap everything, yet another war waged by malcontent generals did further widespread damage to the railways.1941 October, F. S. Bond, “The Railways of China”, in Railway Magazine, page 438
  • Initially, she thought her husband was malcontent on purpose and felt he was aware of the arguments he seemed to be starting.1999, Jodi J. Olshevski; Anne D. Katz; Bob G. Knight; T. J. McCallum, “Stress-Neutral Thoughts”, in Stress Reduction for Caregivers...

nounA state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.

  • If there was malcontent on his part, it did not spring from economic limitations alone, but also from the effect of these economic limitations upon his social and legal status as a small farmer.1967, Leonard [H.] Covello, “The Social Structure of the Southern Italian Town”, in Francesco Cordasco, editor, The Social Background of...

More sentences with malcontent

  • He draws from modernism and its malcontents: Morton Feldman, Olivier Messaien, Thelonious Monk.2022 November 30, Giovanni Russonello, “Best Jazz Albums of 2022”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry danzón
  • Nah..that hasn't been said anywhere by anyone except a few malcontents.2002 August 28, Twistedhed, “Ham Misbehavior”, in rec.radio.cb (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026. From the entry angry
  • Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.1988, Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions. From the entry Timonist
  • Since then I'd grown into my own, and this fist-chucking malcontent would topsyturn the whole enterprise if I let him, and thereby dawned my epiphany.2017, Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, volume 2, page 332. From the entry topsyturn
  • Rider, a renowned malcontent, laced into teammates after a loss to the Pacers on Wednesday, using an expletive-filled diatribe to vent his frustration.2000 January 2, Mike Wise, “An N.B.A. Power Broker Who Lost His Power”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jul 2011. From the entry lace into
  • Those Klingons who infiltrate Federation space are bent less on outright destruction or even surprise attacks than on subterfuge, intelligence gathering, contacting malcontent groups, and other such missions.1986, William A. Barton et al., “The State of the Federation”, in Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update (Star Trek: The Role Playing Game)…. From the entry Klingonish
  • With Waichow subdued and the enemy troops in the entire area surrendering or in headlong flight, Chiang struck at another malcontent general and captured the coastal city of Swatow.1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 46. From the entry Swatow

Meaning of malcontent

  1. adjective Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.
  2. noun A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
  3. noun A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.

Full definition of malcontent

Questions about malcontent in a sentence

How do you use malcontent in a sentence?
Malcontent is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “To cap everything, yet another war waged by malcontent generals did further widespread damage to the railways.”
What is a short sentence with malcontent?
“Nah..that hasn't been said anywhere by anyone except a few malcontents.”
What does malcontent mean?
Malcontent means dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.

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