discontent
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"Omitting names could risk discontent among bereaved families and undermine its purpose."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The sense of widespread malaise and discontent was crystallized by Victoria Bonya, an Instagram influencer and former Russian TV star who lives in Monaco, and who stayed away from politics until now.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday hiked the minimum wage package by 26.3 percent, to $240, in an attempt to quell growing discontent over difficult living conditions.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Harron asserts that Solanas’ actions were not the result of a brief, blind rage, but of a chronic discontent — a state of mind that looks all the more familiar two decades later.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
The idea that Holmes might be the cause of Julia’s discontent seemed more and more improbable.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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