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Definition of disgruntled in English: disgruntledadjectivedɪsˈɡrʌnt(ə)ldˌdɪsˈɡrən(t)ld Angry or dissatisfied. 愤怒的；不满的 judges receive letters from disgruntled members of the public 法官收到愤怒的民众寄来的信件。 Example sentencesExamples - We have not fallen from grace or lost all sense of decency, as some disgruntled tribunes of the people would have you believe.
- A good reputation can be severely dented by a dissatisfied cleaner or by a disgruntled customer.
- He was disgruntled at the introduction of the smoking law, saying it took away his freedom.
- Letters from disillusioned and disgruntled fans were answered, phone calls returned.
- It was the desperate act of a disgruntled former city employee who was refused his old job back.
- A resident was so disgruntled when his rubbish was not collected that he threatened to dump it on the town hall steps.
- She is no longer vibrant; she is disgruntled and unable to commit to anything or anyone.
- It would be a good thing to see players who are disgruntled sitting down with management.
- One executive on the list was shot and killed over a land dispute by a disgruntled business partner.
- The President is just being insulted by the citizens, because they are disgruntled.
- I am feeling decidedly old and decrepit this morning and rather disgruntled with life and myself in general!
- It marks another win for disgruntled shareholders, but does the penalty go far enough?
- The move was aimed at persuading disgruntled motorists that fixed sites were not being exploited to raise revenue.
- The flat looks rather like it has been ransacked by disgruntled burglars.
- By the end of his life he was a disgruntled and unhappy man, spending any money he had made on drink.
- Front line staff bore the brunt of the abuse that disgruntled students cast.
- The disgruntled employees from the data management team left immediately and vowed not to return.
- It seems that some disgruntled moviegoers are angry with the advertisements that now run before most movies.
- Officials believe the culprit is likely to be a disgruntled motorist who has been photographed by the cameras and fined.
- The defence portrayed her as a disgruntled employee who had reasons to lie.
Synonyms dissatisfied, discontented, aggrieved, resentful, fed up, displeased, unhappy, disappointed, disaffected, malcontent angry, irate, annoyed, cross, exasperated, indignant, vexed, irritated, piqued, irked, put out, out of temper sulky, sullen, petulant, peevish, grumpy, churlish, testy informal peeved, miffed, aggravated, hacked off, riled, peed off, hot under the collar, in a huff British informal cheesed off, browned off, narked, eggy, not best pleased North American informal sore, teed off, ticked off West Indian informal vex vulgar slang pissed off North American vulgar slang pissed archaic snuffy
OriginMid 17th century: from dis- (as an intensifier) + dialect gruntle 'utter little grunts', from grunt. Disgruntled people may go round muttering to themselves and complaining. Originally the word involved comparison with a pig making small or subdued grunts (an Old English word probably imitating the sound). The main element of disgruntled is gruntle, a dialect word used of pigs from the Middle Ages and of grumbling people from a little later. In the 17th century someone added dis- as an intensifier and created disgruntled. In the 20th century the comic novelist P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) removed the dis- again and introduced the humorous gruntled, ‘pleased’. In The Code of the Woosters, published in 1938, he wrote: ‘I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.’
Definition of disgruntled in US English: disgruntledadjectiveˌdɪsˈɡrən(t)ldˌdisˈɡrən(t)ld Angry or dissatisfied. 愤怒的；不满的 judges receive letters from disgruntled members of the public 法官收到愤怒的民众寄来的信件。 Example sentencesExamples - I am feeling decidedly old and decrepit this morning and rather disgruntled with life and myself in general!
- Officials believe the culprit is likely to be a disgruntled motorist who has been photographed by the cameras and fined.
- The move was aimed at persuading disgruntled motorists that fixed sites were not being exploited to raise revenue.
- Front line staff bore the brunt of the abuse that disgruntled students cast.
- We have not fallen from grace or lost all sense of decency, as some disgruntled tribunes of the people would have you believe.
- A resident was so disgruntled when his rubbish was not collected that he threatened to dump it on the town hall steps.
- It seems that some disgruntled moviegoers are angry with the advertisements that now run before most movies.
- By the end of his life he was a disgruntled and unhappy man, spending any money he had made on drink.
- He was disgruntled at the introduction of the smoking law, saying it took away his freedom.
- The disgruntled employees from the data management team left immediately and vowed not to return.
- The President is just being insulted by the citizens, because they are disgruntled.
- The defence portrayed her as a disgruntled employee who had reasons to lie.
- It was the desperate act of a disgruntled former city employee who was refused his old job back.
- Letters from disillusioned and disgruntled fans were answered, phone calls returned.
- It would be a good thing to see players who are disgruntled sitting down with management.
- The flat looks rather like it has been ransacked by disgruntled burglars.
- It marks another win for disgruntled shareholders, but does the penalty go far enough?
- One executive on the list was shot and killed over a land dispute by a disgruntled business partner.
- She is no longer vibrant; she is disgruntled and unable to commit to anything or anyone.
- A good reputation can be severely dented by a dissatisfied cleaner or by a disgruntled customer.
Synonyms dissatisfied, discontented, aggrieved, resentful, fed up, displeased, unhappy, disappointed, disaffected, malcontent
OriginMid 17th century: from dis- (as an intensifier) + dialect gruntle ‘utter little grunts’, from grunt. |