gruntled
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of gruntled
C20: back formation from disgruntled
Example Sentences
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So he’s back to being simply gruntled now?
From Seattle Times
By then, my wife and I were feeling pretty gruntled, too.
From Washington Post
It may be a stretch to say the Seahawks quarterback is disgruntled, but he’s definitely not gruntled.
From Seattle Times
She said: "To use a word that my hero PG Wodehouse invented, I am terribly 'gruntled' by winning this prize, sharing it with the great Paul Murray."
From BBC
“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.”
From Washington Post
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