discontentive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪv/
Etymology
From discontent + -ive.
Meanings
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(archaic) Relating or tending toward discontent.
Pride is ever discontentive: it both occasions more than any, and makes more than it doth occasion
1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more discontentive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most discontentive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |