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   malcontent

   /ˈmalkəntɛnt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious: "it was too late to stop the malcontents with a show of force"

   adjective

   • 1. dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious: "the malcontent generals saw their role as leaders of this counter-revolution"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from mal ‘badly, ill’ + content ‘pleased’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. malcontented adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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