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make discontented



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It is years since I have observed that the principled groan a good deal and make discontented criticisms of life, and I don't think I care to be one of them.

From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von

Dissatisfy, dis-sat′is-fī, v.t. not to satisfy: to make discontented: to displease.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Disaffect, dis-af-fekt′, v.t. to take away the affection of: to make discontented or unfriendly.—pa.p. and adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

He shuddered again at the likelihood that Mechanics' Institutes would "make discontented spirits and insubordinate and presumptuous workmen."

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert