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- Dictionarydisgruntled/dɪsˈɡrʌnt(ə)ld/
adjective
- 1. angry or dissatisfied: "judges receive letters from disgruntled members of the public"
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unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something: A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion. disgruntled with The players were disgruntled with the umpire. Synonym. dissatisfied. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom.
The meaning of DISGRUNTLED is unhappy and annoyed. How to use disgruntled in a sentence.
Disgruntled definition: displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish. See examples of DISGRUNTLED used in a sentence.
noun. Synonyms. alienate. disaffect. estrange. sour. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disgruntle in a Sentence. an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore.
adjective. If you are disgruntled, you are cross and dissatisfied because things have not happened the way that you wanted them to happen. Disgruntled employees recently called for his resignation. Party members are disgruntled at the way the campaign is being handled. [Also + by/at/over]
unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something: A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion. disgruntled with The players were disgruntled with the umpire. Synonym. dissatisfied. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom.
Disgruntled sounds like what it is — dissatisfied, grunting and grumbling. You could become a disgruntled employee if your boss swipes all your best ideas without giving you credit (or a raise). Disgruntled actually comes from gruntle, an old verb meaning, not so surprisingly, "to grunt."
Disgruntle definition: to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.. See examples of DISGRUNTLE used in a sentence.
adjective discontented, dissatisfied, annoyed, irritated, put out, hacked (off) (U.S. slang), grumpy, vexed, pissed off (taboo slang), sullen, displeased, petulant, sulky, peeved, malcontent, testy, peevish, huffy, cheesed off (Brit. slang) Disgruntled employees recently called for his resignation.
Definition of disgruntled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
