Discontented vs Malcontent - What's the difference?
discontented | malcontent |
Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.
Of or pertaining to discontent.
* 1912 , :
dissatisfied with current conditions; discontented
* Milner
As adjectives the difference between discontented and malcontent
is that discontented is experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction while malcontent is dissatisfied with current conditions; discontented.As a noun malcontent is
a person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person.discontented
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After her injury, Alice was a discontented woman.
- He lived a discontented life.
- Clara, like many self-willed and discontented persons, was really very apt, without knowing it, to do as other people told her, and to let her destiny be decided for her by intelligences much below her own.
malcontent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The famous malcontent earl of Leicester.