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DISGRUNTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disgruntle mean?
• DISGRUNTLE (verb)
The verb DISGRUNTLE has 1 sense:
1. put into a bad mood or into bad humour
Familiarity information: DISGRUNTLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put into a bad mood or into bad humour
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions
Hypernyms (to "disgruntle" is one way to...):
dissatisfy (fail to satisfy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to disgruntle Sue
Derivation:
disgruntlement (a feeling of sulky discontent)
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