Word of the Day:
disgruntled
What It Means
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
Disgruntled in Context
“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?”
Did You Know?
From disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs).
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