malcontent

malcontent
I noun agitator, anarchist, ardent champion of change, brawler, caviler, censurer, complainant, complainer, critic, crusader, demonstrator, detractor, diehard, disputer, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, extremist, fanatic, faultfinder, fighter, fretter, griper, grumbler, heretic, homo rerum novarum cupidus, instigator, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionist, kicker, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, petitioner, political agitator, protester, rabble-rouser, radical, reactionary, reactionist, rebel, recusant, reformer, renegade, repiner, resister, revisionist, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, seditionary, seditionist, traitor, troublemaker, whiner, wrangler II index actor, dissident

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  • malcontent — ⇒MALCONTENT, ENTE, adj. Vieilli ou littér. A. [P. oppos. à mécontent] Qui n est pas aussi satisfait qu il pourrait l être; morose. Le caractère variable, non pas mécontent, mais malcontent du comte (BALZAC, Lys, 1836, p. 64). B. Synon. de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • malcontent — malcontent, ente (mal kon tan, tan t ) adj. 1°   Qui n est pas content. •   Le galant [le renard] aussitôt Tire ses grègues, gagne au haut, Malcontent de son stratagème, LA FONT. Fabl. II, 15. •   Afin que personne ne soit malcontent, PASC. Prov …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • malcontent — mal con*tent , a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See {Malice}, {Content}.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also {malecontent}.] [1913 Webster] The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Malcontent — Mal con*tent , n. [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts. Spenser. Berkeley. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • malcontent — 1580s, noun and adjective, from Fr. malcontent; see MAL (Cf. mal ) + CONTENT (Cf. content) (adj.). Related: Malcontented; malcontentedly; malcontentedness …   Etymology dictionary

  • malcontent — Malcontent, cerchez Content. Estre malcontent de quelque chose, Pati aegre, Il s escrit le plus souvent en deux mots, Mal content …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Malcontent — (franz., spr. mallkongtāng), unzufrieden, mißvergnügt; vgl. Malkontenten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • malcontent — MALCONTÉNT adj., s. v. contestatar, protestatar. Trimis de siveco, 04.03.2009. Sursa: Sinonime …   Dicționar Român

  • malcontent — [adj] dissatisfied belly aching, complaining, discontented, disgruntled, unhappy, unsatisfied; concept 403 …   New thesaurus

  • malcontent — ► NOUN ▪ a discontented person …   English terms dictionary

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