discontented - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | discontented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy |
| Synonyms: | blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, disturbed, fed up, fretful, malcontent, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, upset, bitching, disquieted, exasperated, griping, kvetching, malcontented, ungratified, vexed |
| Antonyms: | content, contented, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | discontented/discontent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, dissatisfied |
| Synonyms: | blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, disgruntled, displeased, disturbed, fed up, fretful, malcontent, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, upset, disquieted, exasperated, griping, kvetching, malcontented, ungratified, vexed |
| Antonyms: | content, contented, happy, patient, pleased, satisfied, uncomplaining |
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| Main Entry: | disaffected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alienated, estranged |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, discontented, disloyal, dissatisfied, hostile, indifferent, mutinous, rebellious, seditious, unfriendly, uncompliant, unsubmissive |
| Antonyms: | contented, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | disappointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down, saddened |
| Synonyms: | aghast, beaten, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downcast, downhearted, frustrated, hopeless, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, balked, chapfallen, down in the dumps, foiled, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, vanquished, worsted |
| Antonyms: | delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | disgruntled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy; critical |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, irritated, malcontent, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, bad tempered, bellyaching, crabbing, griping, grousing, kicking, kvetching, malcontented, uncontent, ungratified, vexed |
| Antonyms: | contented, happy, pleased, satisfied, uncritical |
| Main Entry: | fed up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusted with |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, blasé, blue*, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, tired, weary, sated, satiated, sick and tired, surfeited, up to here |
| Antonyms: | happy, overjoyed, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frustrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed, thwarted |
| Synonyms: | cramped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, embittered, balked, crabbed, crimped, disheartened, foiled, fouled up, hung up on, irked, resentful, stonewalled, stymied, through the mill, ungratified, unsated, unslaked, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | encourage, fulfilled, stimulated, inspirited, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | grouchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complaining, irritable |
| Synonyms: | cantankerous*, cross, crusty*, discontented, grumbling, grumpy*, ill-tempered, irascible, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappy, sulky, surly, testy |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, content, happy, pleased, satisfied, praising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malcontent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dissatisfied |
| Synonyms: | complaining, discontented, disgruntled, unhappy, unsatisfied, belly-aching |
| Main Entry: | querulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grouchy, hard to please |
| Synonyms: | cantankerous, captious, carping, censorious, complaining, critical, cross, crying, discontented, dissatisfied, edgy, fault-finding, fretful, grumbling, irritable, lamenting, petulant, plaintive, snappy, sour, testy, uptight, waspish, bearish, bemoaning, deploring, grousing, grumbly, huffy irascible*, out of sorts peevish*, scrappy, thin-skinned touchy*, wailing, waspy, whimpering, whining, whiny |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired |
| Synonyms: | beat*, bored, bushed, dead*, discontented, disgusted, done in*, drained, drooping, drowsy, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, fed up, impatient, indifferent, jaded, overworked, pooped*, punchy*, sick, sleepy, spent*, taxed, wearing, worn out, zonked*, all in, bone-tired, burned out, dead tired, dog-tired, fagged, flagging, had it, knocked out, out of gas, ready to drop, sick and tired, wearied, wiped out |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | energetic, fresh, lively, activated, untired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | objecting |
| Synonyms: | critical, discontented, grumbling, lamenting, malcontent, mourning, peevish, querulous, weeping, accusing, bellyaching, bewailing, charging, deploring, disapproving, dissenting, fretting, moaning, murmuring, protesting, regretting, repining, resentful, whining |
| Antonyms: | appreciating, enjoying, praising |
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, ailing, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, ill, injured, melancholy, mournful, pained, pathetic, rueful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched, agonized, anguished, hurting, in pain, on a downer, pitiable, racked, ruthful, tormented, tortured |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acid, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, churlish, crabby, cynical, disagreeable, discontented, embittered, grouchy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, jaundiced, on edge*, peevish, rotten, tart, ungenerous, unhappy, unpleasant, waspish, displeasing, grudging |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, cordial, friendly, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle*, disappoint, discontent, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off*, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing*, cut to the quick, disgruntle |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, please, satisfy, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissatisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease |
| Synonyms: | anger, disappoint, disappoint, discontent, perturb |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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quarrelsome, abusive, adverse, ajar, answerable, aristarchian, at a discount, at cross-purpose, at daggers drawn, at feud, at high words, at issue, at loggerheads, at odds, at sixes and sevens, at variance, bad, biting, blameworthy, blown upon, captious, carping, censorious, chid, clamorous, condemnatory, controversial, contumacious, critical, cutting, cynical, damnatory, defamatory, denominational, denunciatory, disagreeing, disapproved, disapproving, discontented, discordant, disgruntled, disparaging, disputatious, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, disunited, dry, embroiled, exceptionable, exploded, extorted, factious, fastidious, gladiatorial, grudging praise, hard upon, hostile, hypercritical, illaudatory, in bad odor, in hot water, inconsequential, inexcusable, intropunitive, judgmental, litigant, litigious, negative, non-content, non-juring, objurgatory, on bad terms, opposed, out of the question, out of tune, pejorative, pettifogging, polemic, protestant, rabulistic, recusant, rejectaneous, rejected, rejectitious, reprehensible, reproachful, sarcastic, sardonic, scandalized, schismatic, sectarian, severe, sharp, snooty, sparing of praise, stuck-up, supercilious, taboo, to blame, together by the ears, tongue-whaled, torn, trenchant, unacknowledged, unapproved, unavowed, unbewailed, unblest, uncommendable, uncomplimentary, unconsenting, unconverted, unconvinced, underrated, undeserving, unfavorable, unflattering, unlamented, unpacific, unpacified, unplausive, unpopular, unpromising, unreconciled, unsatisfactory, unsung, unwilling, unworthy, up in arms, verboten, wrong
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