disgruntled
adjective
dis·grun·tled
dis-ˈgrən-tᵊld 
: unhappy and annoyed
a disgruntled employee
She led her sodden and disgruntled team back into the changing rooms, insisting that the practice had not been a waste of time, though without any real conviction in her voice.—
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling… a $300,000 refund pool for disgruntled former customers …—Kevin McGurk
Kevin McGurkThe crowd was up as well, and just as disgruntled as it had been the night before.—Christopher Cooper & Robert Block
Christopher Cooper & Robert BlockExamples of disgruntled in a Sentence
a disgruntled postal worker was responsible for the vandalism
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But don’t sleep on on Clark Lea, who took Vanderbilt to a 10-3 record and produced a Heisman runner-up, disgruntled or not.
—Sports Columnist, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Protests erupted in Iran last week when disgruntled shopkeepers took to the streets to demonstrate against the country’s plummeting currency.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
At the end of season one, Dana was experiencing an existential crisis; her decades-long dedication to the ER was buckling under the brutal realities of the modern health care system, compounded by a violent attack by a disgruntled patient.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays will unlikely be able to trade one of their disgruntled players this offseason.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Sports Columnist, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Protests erupted in Iran last week when disgruntled shopkeepers took to the streets to demonstrate against the country’s plummeting currency.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
At the end of season one, Dana was experiencing an existential crisis; her decades-long dedication to the ER was buckling under the brutal realities of the modern health care system, compounded by a violent attack by a disgruntled patient.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
The Toronto Blue Jays will unlikely be able to trade one of their disgruntled players this offseason.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Disgruntled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disgruntled. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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