A longing for something better than the present situation.

synonyms: discontent, discontentedness.

Roget 832: discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent etc. 489.    disappointment, mortification; cold comfort; regret etc. 833; repining, taking on etc. v.; heart-burning, heart-grief; querulousness etc. (lamentation) 839; hypercriticism.    inquietude, vexation of spirit, soreness; worry, concern, fear etc. 860.    [person who is discontented] malcontent, grumbler, growler, croaker, dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti [Lat.]; censurer, complainer, fault-finder, murmerer^†.    cave of Adullam^†, indignation meeting, winter of our discontent" [Henry VI]; with what I most enjoy contented least" [Shakespeare]. ... show more

Dutch: onbehaaglijkheid, onbehagen, misnoegen, mishagen, ongenoegen, ontevredenheid, onvrede
Polish: tęsknota