malcontent
a person who is always unhappy and dissatisfied
TRANSLATION
malcontent = der Unzufriedene --- GOOGLE INDEX malcontent: approximately 850,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
While he accepted there were some MALCONTENTS plotting against his leadership, Mr Duncan Smith said these would be dealt with…
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In the film she's a real malcontent who turns out to be a hero; perfect. She got the perfect petite stature ...
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malcontent
noun
- a person who is not satisfied with the way things are, and who complains a lot and is unreasonable and difficult to deal with
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
adjective
- to be dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
(Merriam-Webster Online)
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WORD ORIGIN
Malcontent is from the Old French term combining mal, "bad, ill" (from Latin malus) and content, "contained," from Latin contentus, past participle of continere, "to hold together, to contain," from con-, "with, together" + tenere, "to hold." (www.dictionary.com)
The malcontent was a common figure in Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, two key forms of 16th century English Renaissance theatre. This was an important phase in English stage drama that included playwrights such as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
Elizabethan malcontent characters are usually outsiders who possess a negative view of the world. They spend much of the play bemoaning their fate and dissatisfaction with the world and people around them. Some malcontents, like Shakespeare's Hamlet, appear simply melancholy while others, such as Iago in Shakespeare's Othello, are evil.
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SYNONYMS
bellyacher, carper, complainer, crab, critic, curmudgeon, faultfinder, griper, grouch, grumbler, maligner, moaner, sorehead, sourpuss, whiner
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"One malcontent in the team can endanger the whole project."
noun
- a person who is not satisfied with the way things are, and who complains a lot and is unreasonable and difficult to deal with
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
adjective
- to be dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
(Merriam-Webster Online)
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WORD ORIGIN
Malcontent is from the Old French term combining mal, "bad, ill" (from Latin malus) and content, "contained," from Latin contentus, past participle of continere, "to hold together, to contain," from con-, "with, together" + tenere, "to hold." (www.dictionary.com)
The malcontent was a common figure in Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, two key forms of 16th century English Renaissance theatre. This was an important phase in English stage drama that included playwrights such as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
Elizabethan malcontent characters are usually outsiders who possess a negative view of the world. They spend much of the play bemoaning their fate and dissatisfaction with the world and people around them. Some malcontents, like Shakespeare's Hamlet, appear simply melancholy while others, such as Iago in Shakespeare's Othello, are evil.
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SYNONYMS
bellyacher, carper, complainer, crab, critic, curmudgeon, faultfinder, griper, grouch, grumbler, maligner, moaner, sorehead, sourpuss, whiner
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"One malcontent in the team can endanger the whole project."
