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disgruntling

disgruntling is the present participle and gerund of disgruntle.

Meaning of disgruntle

Verb

disgruntle (third-person singular simple present disgruntles, present participle disgruntling, simple past and past participle disgruntled)

  1. (transitive) To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
    • A pregnant woman who ordered pizza in Florida was stabbed 14 times by a delivery driver who police say was disgruntled over her $2 tip.2024 December 27, Leah Sarnoff, “Pregnant woman stabbed 14 times by pizza delivery driver over $2 tip: Police”, in abcnews.go.com

Questions about disgruntling

What is disgruntling the present participle and gerund of?
Disgruntling is the present participle and gerund of disgruntle.

Words near disgruntling in the dictionary

  1. disgruntledly
  2. disgruntledness
  3. disgruntlement
  4. disgruntlements
  5. disgruntles
  6. disgruntling
  7. disguisable
  8. disguisal
  9. disguisals
  10. disguise
  11. disguised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disgruntling (page history and authors); disgruntle (page history and authors). 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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