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malcontent

noun

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A person persistently dissatisfied with existing circumstances.

The novel's malcontent challenges every rule in the academy.

Dictionary practice example.

One habitual malcontent rejected every proposed timetable, including revisions that addressed his earlier objections, while offering no arrangement he would accept.

From Living with a Shared Space.

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