discontent
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When these notions are proven wrong, public discontent becomes apparent.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insists he feels "complete support" from the club's hierarchy and fans despite a run of poor on-field performances and growing discontent about his Anfield future.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Analogous surveys of Russian adults haven’t been published to avoid drawing attention to the scale of discontent, according to reporting in Meduza.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
People express their discontent by banging pots and pans during blackouts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
But she had not had a bold epiphany and there was no cause; it was simply that layer after layer of discontent had settled in her, and formed a mass that now propelled her.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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