malcontent

[US]/'mælkəntent/
[UK]/'mælkən'tɛnt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. dissatisfied person
adj. dissatisfied

Example Sentences

The malcontent is gunning for his supervisor.

The malcontent employee constantly complains about the working conditions.

The malcontent customer demanded a refund for the faulty product.

The malcontent student refused to participate in the group project.

The malcontent protester shouted slogans against the government.

The malcontent neighbor always finds something to complain about.

The malcontent driver honked angrily at the slow-moving traffic.

The malcontent patient was dissatisfied with the treatment provided by the hospital.

The malcontent team member criticized every decision made by the leader.

The malcontent customer wrote a scathing review of the restaurant online.

The malcontent student refused to follow the teacher's instructions.

Real-world Examples

She was the end of all restlessness, all malcontent.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

You're saying I'm easier to win over than a bunch of pseudo-intellectual, homesick malcontents?

Source: Gossip Girl Season 3

I should have a majority in every case, but a malcontent third would certainly dish every one of them.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

In Massachusetts the malcontents, under the leadership of Daniel Shays, a captain in the Revolutionary army, organized that same year open resistance to the government of the state.

Source: American history

It has repeatedly told people how much they are being ripped off by energy firms and other businesses, but has failed to put forward a hopeful vision of a prosperous Britain, grumble internal malcontents.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The contrary happens in kingdoms governed like that of France, because one can easily enter there by gaining over some baron of the kingdom, for one always finds malcontents and such as desire a change.

Source: The Prince by Machiavelli

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