Religious persecution of the local Catholics exacerbated the discontent, which turned into open revolt in 1637.
A defensive or confrontational response contributes to further relationship breakdown and exacerbates the discontent.
Led by Nils Dacke, an outlaw, the peasants of the province of Småland took up arms against the King in the spring of 1542 in protest against the royal suppression of Catholicism; furthermore, the ruthless collection procedures of nobles and state bailiffs exacerbated the peasants' discontent.
And if I were a Muslim, I would not hesitate to utilize — or, indeed, to exacerbate — the social and spiritual discontent that reigns here, for, at the very worst, I would merely have contributed to the destruction of a house I hated, and it would not matter if I perished, too.
"The discontent on our side is growing".
Sometimes, you have to follow the discontent.
Just live with the discontent.
Two parties are mopping up the discontent.
But the discontent is genuine.
