- discontent (v.)
- late 15c., from dis- "not" + content (v.). Related: Discontented; discontentedly; discontentment; discontentedness.
- discontent (adj.)
- mid-15c., from dis- + content (adj.).
- discontent (n.)
- "state or condition of discontent," 1580s, from dis- + content (n.). Winter of our discontent is from "Richard III."
