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
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
Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Lawmakers disgruntled by the lengthy delay to unveil new evidence voted Tuesday to subpoena Maxwell to testify before the House Oversight Committee.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 July 2025
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Adjective
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
Verb
The suspect, Patrick Joseph White, 30, may have been disgruntled over vaccine side effects before perpetrating the shooting, according to multiple reports.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Lawmakers disgruntled by the lengthy delay to unveil new evidence voted Tuesday to subpoena Maxwell to testify before the House Oversight Committee.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgruntled
Adjective
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Multiple sources close to members of the Madrid squad spoke of a feeling of frustration within the dressing room, with many senior figures feeling disrespected and dissatisfied, and a feeling that Alonso is much more distant with them than predecessor Carlo Ancelotti was.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Seehorn quickly accepted the role of Carol Sturka, a misanthropic, creatively dissatisfied romance author behind the best-selling Winds of Wycaro book series.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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That has infuriated business leaders who complain it makes the state less competitive and drives away the wealthy.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Evidently, the result displeased Kinahan’s syndicate, which seemed to have expected the horse to lose.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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From a religious perspective, King Edward IV passed these laws on the grounds that God was displeased by anything other than modest clothing – for the lower classes, anyway.—
Michael Watson,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, after entering the third period tied, the Wild got absolutely dominated by the Pittsburgh Penguins to once again disappoint the frustrated home crowd during what has been a miserable start to this 2025-26 campaign.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Recently married to a promising academic yet already a frustrated wife, prone to boredom and depression?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And that angered the most important voters in New Jersey, Martha, the independents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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That loss of sales has already angered many Midwestern soybean farmers, who see the administration’s Argentina outreach as benefiting a competitor while leaving American exporters disadvantaged.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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One report, citing a source close to Sheridan, even claimed the writer was annoyed that Paramount sent too many of its top suits to a meeting designed to keep Sheridan onboard, arguing that Ellison had messed up by bringing more than two execs along with him.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Simonson suggested that bartenders don’t really disdain the Bloody Mary; they just are annoyed at having to make what is almost universally considered a brunch drink after hours.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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Even if Gazans are enraged at Israel for killing nearly 70,000 Palestinians during the war, Hamas still takes part of the public blame.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
21 Oct. 2025
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The incident enraged the South Koreans and ran counter to Trump’s push to lure foreign manufacturers to invest in America.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Humans are the only animals known to be discontented with natural selection.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Disgruntled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgruntled. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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