Meaning of Malcontent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
2. A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.
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Examples

“The diſcord rather than the muſick is heard from the malcontent Malevole's chamber.”

“For is it not eaſy to ſee, that a Prince made odious and contemptible, will ſoon be removed from his Throne, when it is in the Power of the Malecontents to bring about ſuch a fatal Revolution?”

“He is the victim of circumstances, and their martyr. His asseverations of the facts are so frequent and so earnest, that it is impossible to dispute it. […] Everywhere confronted by implacable circumstance, what remained for the malcontent but to flee from his enemy, and endeavour to retrieve his broken fortunes in a new world! […] So the malcontent took passage for Australia, and blessed us with his presence.”

“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. The state of constant indebtdness in which the contadino found himself contributed to his malcontent.”

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