discontent
Example Sentences
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The devastating 2025 wildfires, along with enduring problems of homelessness, declining city infrastructure and traffic, have exacerbated discontent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
There’s comfort in sitting and stewing in your discontent.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Some of the investor discontent was directed at Manifold, with just 82 percent of shareholders voting in favour of his election -- below the near-unanimous support typically received by directors.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Dipke previously told the BBC that the group's popularity spoke to wide discontent among young Indians about the high unemployment rate, and a feeling they are being ignored by mainstream politics.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
A ripple of discontent and distrust ran through the crowd.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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