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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Tennessee traded Brown due to disagreements over a contract extension and a desire to avoid keeping a disgruntled player.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Some cases even involve disgruntled family members acting out of greed.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The culprit turns out to be the disgruntled father of a girl implicated on a prior case the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's crime scene investigators handled.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Thus, unlike disgruntled newspaper readers, whose only resort was to write an angry letter to the editor, radio listeners could now vent their frustrations by going over the heads of a local affiliate and complaining directly to the government.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Some cases even involve disgruntled family members acting out of greed.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The culprit turns out to be the disgruntled father of a girl implicated on a prior case the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's crime scene investigators handled.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Thus, unlike disgruntled newspaper readers, whose only resort was to write an angry letter to the editor, radio listeners could now vent their frustrations by going over the heads of a local affiliate and complaining directly to the government.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disgruntled
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“Disgruntled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disgruntled. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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