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as in to anger
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 to displease
to make discontented
a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore
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Recent Examples of disgruntle
Many Spurs fans are disgruntled, and protests aimed at chairman Daniel Levy took place before and after yesterday’s game.
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Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Despite the team’s glittering history, current Giants fans have grown disgruntled by the lack of recent success.
—Ben Church, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Considering his injury history and tearing his Achilles for the second time, Watson might not land a starting job with another team and should be disgruntled and ask for a trade if not named the starter.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
But this year, Spotify Wrapped sucked the joy right out of the beginning of the month with a lackluster data dump that disgruntled several users online.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Despite the team’s glittering history, current Giants fans have grown disgruntled by the lack of recent success.
—Ben Church, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Considering his injury history and tearing his Achilles for the second time, Watson might not land a starting job with another team and should be disgruntled and ask for a trade if not named the starter.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
But this year, Spotify Wrapped sucked the joy right out of the beginning of the month with a lackluster data dump that disgruntled several users online.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgruntle
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And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Comments the host made after the murder of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk angered MAGA supporters and saw the nation’s largest station group, Nexstar – which has its own mega merger up for review at the FCC – preempt the late night staple.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the program, Stewart argued Trump was less like a sick child making final wishes, but rather like the six-year-old with terrible powers in the eighth episode of the third season of The Twilight Zone, who can banish those he is displeased by to a cornfield.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers, understandably, were displeased.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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In March, a bloc of centrist lawmakers broke ranks to advance a Republican spending bill without concessions, infuriating progressive groups that accused party leaders of capitulation.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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My astrologer’s eyes twinkled with infuriating delight.—
Jessie Rosen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Joe proceeded to get drunk, annoy her (and multiple other cast members), and ultimately exit the party early to pass out in his room.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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As if to prove the magnificent treasures within Paris now belonged to the German dictator, the statue of Great War French hero General Mangin—which outraged the Führer—was destroyed.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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In fact, Western leaders are mostly appeasing domestic constituencies outraged by the suffering of ordinary Gazans.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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As the 2024 election strongly indicated, Democrats alienated a sizable share of the electorate with their recent move to the left.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Many surveys show that college students are fearful of saying something that will alienate them from their peers or invite the disapproval of their instructors.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Public sentiment was already souring as inflation and living costs skyrocketed.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Alonso is a beloved member of the Mets, but last year's negotiations likely soured him on the team's front office.—
Michael Hurley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of recent reports linking them again, Kate's ex-husband Jon and estranged son, Collin Gosselin, called her out publicly.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the play, Farrow played Sharon, a lonely Iowa woman – estranged from her adult son, divorced from her husband – who decides to take a boarder into her large farmhouse.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Disgruntle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgruntle. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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