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disgruntled

Syllables: dis·gruntl·ed/dɪsˈɡɹʌntl̩d//dɪsˈɡɹʌnt(ə)ld/

disgruntled adjective: in a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour. Also the simple past and past participle of disgruntle.

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Adjective

disgruntled (comparative more disgruntled, superlative most disgruntled)

  1. In a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
    • disgruntled employees preparing to strike over the lack of progress in talks with their employer on pay and conditions
    • About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. […] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York...

Also used as

disgruntled is also the simple past and past participle of disgruntle.

disgruntled meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi and Arabic

disgruntled in Malayalam

അസന്തുഷ്ടരായി

disgruntled in Kannada

ಅಸಮಾಧಾನಗೊಂಡರು, ಅಸಮಾಧಾನಗೊಂಡಿದೆ, ಅಸಮಾಧಾನಗೊಂಡವರು

disgruntled in Punjabi

ਅਸੰਤੁਸ਼ਟ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ

disgruntled in Arabic

in a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour
حَرْدَان ḥardān

Examples of disgruntled in a sentence

  • The disgruntled programmer's logic bomb would wipe files from the network if he had not logged in within the past six weeks.
  • Frequently, it all ends with the hazee feeling out of sorts—discouraged, frightened, angry, disgruntled.
  • After all, a number of players were disgruntled, and a few more were gruntled.

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Synonyms of disgruntled

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of disgruntled

Forms of disgruntled

comparativemore disgruntled
superlativemost disgruntled

Origin of disgruntled

From disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs).

Words formed from disgruntled

Words that rhyme with disgruntled

Questions about disgruntled

What does disgruntled mean?
Disgruntled means in a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
What is disgruntled in Malayalam?
Disgruntled in Malayalam is അസന്തുഷ്ടരായി. See Disgruntled meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is disgruntled?
Disgruntled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disgruntled?
Disgruntled is pronounced /dɪsˈɡɹʌntl̩d/ (UK).

Words near disgruntled in the dictionary

  1. disgregations
  2. disgression
  3. disgressions
  4. disgrossting
  5. disgruntle
  6. disgruntled
  7. disgruntledly
  8. disgruntledness
  9. disgruntlement
  10. disgruntlements
  11. disgruntles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disgruntled (page history and authors); disgruntled (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgruntled (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disgruntled (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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