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    [Adjective]  | "dis*grun*tled" | \ dis-ˈgrən-tᵊld \


    1: unhappy and annoyed

    Origin: 1830 ;

     From past participle of {see: |disgruntle|disgruntle};

    [Verb]  | "dis*grun*tle" | \ dis-ˈgrən-tᵊl \


    1: to make ill-humored or discontented —usually used as a participial adjective

    Origin: 1682 ;

     Dis- + gruntle to grumble, from Middle English gruntlen, frequentative of grunten to grunt;

    [Adjective]  | "disgruntled" 


    1: having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions;


      * e.g., " ... a disgruntled postal worker was responsible for the vandalism "




    [Verb]  | "disgruntled" 


    1: to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring;


      * e.g., " ... an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS "




    2: to make discontented;


      * e.g., " ... a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore "




    [Verb]  | "disgruntle" 


    1: to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring;


      * e.g., " ... an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS "




    2: to make discontented;


      * e.g., " ... a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore "




     

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