disgruntle
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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“They didn’t want to disgruntle anyone. And if you go with Kanye, you have to know there is risk involved.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
When you disgruntle nearly a billion people, it becomes fairly big news, right away: The biggest tech news sites were on the story in nanoseconds.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2011
When two skaters fell through the ice on a Peiping lake, the Chronicle crisply reported: "They eyed ice angrily for some time before leaving in disgruntle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Could he disgruntle Mr. Grundy—the Mr. Grundy who raised for the Republicans $700,000 in 1924, $615,000 in 1926, and $547,000 in 1928?
From Time Magazine Archive
Stay where you are," he said, "for I'm not minded you shall do that which may disgruntle the commandant.
From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by James Otis
Chemical attacks are often the work of a disgruntled employee or possibly an adjacent property owner, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Coupang called it a "groundless" claim by a disgruntled former executive.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
There is little margin for error or customer dissatisfaction, as disgruntled viewers will tune out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Some disgruntled loved ones may feel abandoned or envy your decision.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
They could hear the hum of a disgruntled crowd rising from the street below.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
The trade-off between disgruntling some existing customers and luring new ones will probably work out for Southwest, according to Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Industry representatives say they walk a fine line trying to adapt without disgruntling their core customers, but some think a real solution would need to be more radical.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
This isn't the first time Markle has been accused of disgruntling royal staff.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2019
The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
At about the same period he accepted office as Justice of the Peace—thereby still further disgruntling his aristocratic Denbigh cousins.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Donald G. Mitchell
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