as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
a disgruntled postal worker was responsible for the vandalism
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as in infuriated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS
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as in displeased
to make discontented
a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore
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Recent Examples of disgruntled
Janis Carr, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Tucker became disgruntled last season over his lack of playing time and started this season in a similar fashion, sitting on the bench during the team’s first preseason game.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024
In his scene—which also includes Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell—James Paxton appears as a disgruntled hotel guest.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Some of the threats have come from disgruntled voters, but others have been traced to foreign countries trying to sow chaos and exploit the resulting divisiveness.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
According to the lawsuit, Shelton claimed a Clippers executive sought health information about Leonard, an NBA Finals MVP, emphasizing the need for discretion as the player became increasingly disgruntled with the Spurs’ organization.
—Janis Carr, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Tucker became disgruntled last season over his lack of playing time and started this season in a similar fashion, sitting on the bench during the team’s first preseason game.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2024
In his scene—which also includes Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell—James Paxton appears as a disgruntled hotel guest.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Some of the threats have come from disgruntled voters, but others have been traced to foreign countries trying to sow chaos and exploit the resulting divisiveness.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgruntled
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The board had grown dissatisfied with the direction Wojcicki was taking the company.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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These subtle symbolic and rhetorical shifts suggest that North Korea is dissatisfied with China.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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This relationship and flexibility can be trade-offs for a borrower who is frustrated dealing with large legacy banking organizations.Christian Faes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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That message had worn thin weeks ago with frustrated USC faithful, but Riley went back to it Saturday.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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The trip to Moscow angered EU and NATO leaders, and Jens Stoltenberg, then the secretary general of the transatlantic defense alliance, said Orbán's visit did not represent the bloc or its Ukraine policies.Ibrahim Aksoy, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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The bill has angered the French left, who view it as a means of appeasing far-right lawmakers in parliament.Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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An engineer at the company, Charlie Ward, was annoyed with Amazon’s Super Saving Shipping service, which offered customers free shipping if their order was $25 or more.Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Someone eating off my plate definitely annoyed me in most situations, but this felt different.Jodie Platt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Others enraged by Bobba’s comments targeted the founders online — a response Liu has since condemned.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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And that has enraged the country.NBC News, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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Many Disney employees were outraged by the bill, and because the company’s largest theme park is based in the state, there was massive internal pressure on then-CEO Bob Chapek to speak out against it.Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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Vance is equally fluent in the language of the national élite, and therefore knows how to get the national media to cover his crazy theories, and how to get national people outraged by them.David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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That may sound surprising, given Maduro has alienated vast swathes of the population with his election ‘victory’ and subsequent crackdown on the opposition.Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
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That could be due to voters feeling alienated by the major parties and the polarization of the political moment.Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Disgruntled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgruntled. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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