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
Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 31 July 2025
The team released Kendall Fuller, traded disgruntled Jalen Ramsey to Pittsburgh and now have lost Kohou to injury.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
Photograph: Tom Werner/Getty Images For decades, sleep disturbance was a punch line: the cartoon dad snoring, the disgruntled partner burying their head under a pillow.
—Anna McKie, Wired News, 30 July 2025
In fact, several players have taken a unique approach to show support for the disgruntled player on Friday.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Republican lawmakers have been caught between their disgruntled base and the president, who has urged the public to move on from the issue.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 31 July 2025
The team released Kendall Fuller, traded disgruntled Jalen Ramsey to Pittsburgh and now have lost Kohou to injury.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
Photograph: Tom Werner/Getty Images For decades, sleep disturbance was a punch line: the cartoon dad snoring, the disgruntled partner burying their head under a pillow.
—Anna McKie, Wired News, 30 July 2025
In fact, several players have taken a unique approach to show support for the disgruntled player on Friday.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgruntled
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Some analysts have identified widespread dissatisfaction within the Democratic base, with multiple polls indicating that a large share of Democratic voters are dissatisfied with current leadership and want new voices at the top of the party.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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The survey also showed that just 22% of respondents were dissatisfied with the number of youth sports facilities in the county.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
5 Aug. 2025
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Leaders notice when someone can pause—whether stressed, frustrated, anxious or overly excited—and check their emotions before responding.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The trend comes as many of the young adults of Gen Z — digital natives who came of age during the pandemic — have become frustrated with modern socializing.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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And while Twitter long struggled to turn its influence into a profitable business, the company’s value is more questionable now than ever after Musk’s controversial policies alienated advertisers.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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Others, however, argue there were plenty of errors made on the campaign trail, from refusing to distance herself from Biden or touting an endorsement from former GOP Representative Liz Cheney, which critics say alienated key Democratic constituencies.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Disgruntled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgruntled. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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