Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discontentive

/ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-con-tentive
IPA: /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪv/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating or tending toward discontent.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Pride is ever discontentive: it both occasions more than any, and makes more than it doth occasion"

Etymology

From discontent + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: discontent

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more discontentive (comparative) most discontentive (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce discontentive?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪskənˈtɛntɪv/.
What does discontentive mean?: Relating or tending toward discontent.
Where does discontentive come from?: From discontent + -ive.

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