noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ general , widespread
▪ growing , increasing
▪ simmering
▪ popular , public
▪
Public ~ with the economy remained at a high level.
▪ political , social
VERB + DISCONTENT
▪ breed , cause , give rise to , lead to , provoke
▪
The higher tax provoked widespread ~ among the poor.
▪ fuel
▪
Overcrowded conditions will only fuel ~ among prisoners.
▪ feel
▪
the ~ that many people felt
▪ seethe with
▪
The country was seething with ~ and the threat of revolution was real.
▪ express , voice
▪
The peasants expressed their ~.
DISCONTENT + VERB
▪ grow , spread
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
▪
~ among the workforce
▪ ~ about , ~ at , ~ over
▪
~ among students about the lack of funding for education
▪ ~ with
▪
growing ~ with the government
▪ ~ within
▪
There were reports of growing ~ within the army.
PHRASES
▪ a feeling of ~ , feelings of ~
▪ murmurs of ~ , rumbles of ~ , rumblings of ~
▪ a source of ~