disgruntle

American  

[dis-gruhn-tl] / dɪsˈgrʌn tl /

verb (used with object)

disgruntled, disgruntling

1. to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.

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disgruntle British  

/ dɪsˈɡrʌntəl /

verb

1. (tr; usually passive) to make sulky or discontented

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Other Word Forms

• disgruntlement noun

Etymology

Origin of disgruntle

1675–85; dis- ¹ + gruntle, frequentative of grunt

Example Sentences

“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 Otis, James