DISCONTENTEDNESS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

discontentedness

noun

as in dissatisfaction

the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation he was left with a vague feeling of discontentedness even after he got the car he had always wanted

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Noun

The party has focused on driving down consumer costs, seizing on what polling shows is deep dissatisfaction about the economy and worries about affordability.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026
The mass demonstrations delayed AfD's vote, prompting Chrupalla to criticize the method in which agitators expressed their dissatisfaction.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

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Army of Shadows doesn’t have a TX but the team will be keen to get it out quickly in order to tap into a local and global feeling of political discontent.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2026
But AfD has long become adept at harnessing discontent with issues well beyond its signature theme of curbing migration, which powered its rise in the mid-2010s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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