Discontent is an English word with synonyms like discontented or discontentment. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Discontent in a sentence
Related words
Discontent meaning
- Dissatisfaction.
- A longing for better times or circumstances.
- A discontented person; a malcontent.
Synonyms of Discontent
Using Discontent
- The main meaning on this page is: Dissatisfaction. | A longing for better times or circumstances. | A discontented person; a malcontent.
- Useful related words include: discontented, discontentment, contented, unhappy.
- In the example corpus, discontent often appears in combinations such as: of discontent, discontent with, their discontent.
Context around Discontent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discontent
- In this selection, "discontent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, economic, significant, popular, known, boluarte and grew stand out and add context to how "discontent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as significant discontent has revolved and been growing discontent from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discontent" sits close to words such as barton, bp and cardboard, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discontent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His speech was in part intended to defend the war effort against festering domestic discontent. (15 words)
As the three men work hard to secure the fossils, houses in Padlaya echo with whispers of discontent. (18 words)
Biden has also grappled with anemic approval and favorability ratings that suggest voters are discontent with both politicians. (18 words)
A male firefighter this morning climbed to the top of the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in St. Andrew, to register his discontent over the alleged poor treatment of firefighters in the country. (33 words)
Gulls, chimps and dolphins were among the many creatures to make headlines this week – not to mention the ostriches at Westminster who seem to think widespread worker discontent will simply go away. (32 words)
Attempting to quell the discontent, Boluarte — who served as Castillo’s vice-president and hails from the same leftwing party — has pledged to bring elections forward from 2026 to April 2024. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although Ganta and Isaki are discontent with their inability to sleep at night, they find themselves in no rush to solve their problems.
Although Starmer said his party was "united" behind his push for growth, there are rumblings of discontent around some of his rhetoric.
A male firefighter this morning climbed to the top of the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in St. Andrew, to register his discontent over the alleged poor treatment of firefighters in the country.
And the Serb made his discontent known to British umpire James Keothavong early in the match with a furious rant.
As the three men work hard to secure the fossils, houses in Padlaya echo with whispers of discontent.
Attempting to quell the discontent, Boluarte — who served as Castillo’s vice-president and hails from the same leftwing party — has pledged to bring elections forward from 2026 to April 2024.
Beale's side now face a Champions League third round qualifier at home to Servette with Ibrox likely to voice their discontent at a further display of such quality.
Biden has also grappled with anemic approval and favorability ratings that suggest voters are discontent with both politicians.
Biden's poor performance ratings, the extent of economic discontent, the immigration crisis and doubts about his age clearly are relevant.
Both teams have failed to win any of their last six league matches as significant discontent has revolved around the two clubs.
But despite its frequent expressions, that popular discontent has not yet become a revolutionary challenge to the ruling elite.
Discontent over that gap has helped fuel labor unrest, and even some institutional investors have pushed back against a few of the most eye-popping packages.
Fans of the show responded with mixed reactions to the posters, with some users expressing their discontent with the show's previous episodes.
From rising migration to daring expressions of political discontent, what it means that Egypt, a country of nearly 113 million people, is nearing economic collapse.
Gulls, chimps and dolphins were among the many creatures to make headlines this week – not to mention the ostriches at Westminster who seem to think widespread worker discontent will simply go away.
He said it ran efficiently only during the Winter of Discontent ‘when non-essential staff were on strike.
His assassination sent both the party and the nation into disarray during what was an extremely heated election year as discontent grew over the Vietnam War.
His speech was in part intended to defend the war effort against festering domestic discontent.
However, their swift inclusion and subsequent playing time as a unit over more senior players cause discontent among parents.
In recent years there has been growing discontent from the public about private water companies dumping sewage into bathing waters.
Common combinations with discontent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: