MALCONTENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malcontent mean? 

• MALCONTENT (noun)
  The noun MALCONTENT has 1 sense:

1. a person who is discontented or disgusted

  Familiarity information: MALCONTENT used as a noun is very rare.

• MALCONTENT (adjective)
  The adjective MALCONTENT has 1 sense:

1. discontented as toward authority

  Familiarity information: MALCONTENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALCONTENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is discontented or disgusted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("malcontent" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malcontent"):

caviler; caviller; pettifogger; quibbler (a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections)

sorehead (someone who is peevish or disgruntled)

squabbler (someone who quarrels about a small matter)

Derivation:

malcontent (discontented as toward authority)

• MALCONTENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discontented as toward authority

Synonyms:

disaffected; ill-affected; malcontent; rebellious

Similar:

discontent; discontented (showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing)

Derivation:

malcontent (a person who is discontented or disgusted)

 Context examples 

On the other hand, the malcontents—and it cannot be denied that they were fairly numerous—cheered for the amendment, with cries of 'Order!' 'Chair!' and 'Fair play!'

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)