malcontent
noun/ˈmælkəntent/
/ˌmælkənˈtent/
[usually plural] (formal, disapproving)- a person who is not satisfied with a situation and who complains about it, or causes trouble in order to change it
- The strike was engineered by a handful of malcontents.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from mal ‘badly, ill’ + content ‘pleased’.Definitions on the go
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