[U,C] ~ (at / over / with sth) a feeling of being unhappy because you are not satisfied with a particular situation; sth that makes you have this feeling
SYNDISSATISFACTION:
There is widespread discontent among the staff at the proposed changes to pay and conditions. * (formal) There are a wide variety of popular discontents which need discussing.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, discontent is tagged as noun.
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