DISGRUNTLING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in disappointing

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disgruntling

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verb

present participle of disgruntle

as in infuriating

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 displeasing

to make discontented a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore

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Adjective

Now the Giants just need to create a healthy cast around him — and overhaul a disappointing pitching staff.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The development came on the heels of the Rams’ disappointing 27-7 season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Australia.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of disappointing

Verb

That makes Union Town more cumulatively powerful at minute 106 than at any single point, no matter how sad or harrowing or infuriating the stories and experiences are.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
But maybe that low point and the unexpected departure of Stokes and the return of Joe Root as Test captain ahead of the white-ball skipper has proved a turning point for one of the most gifted but infuriating batters of his generation.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of infuriating

Verb

Rebecca regrets angering Matthijs (Matteo van der Grijn) after putting his daughter in the middle of a heated discussion around the possibility of Matthijs moving to London.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Two go-their-own-way Democrats bucked the party on a routine procedural vote, angering colleagues and raising a red flag about potential party divisions to come.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of angering

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Kids in all three countries loved learning dances from TikTok and annoying their siblings.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Of course, this would depend on whether the managers choose to pick their strongest teams in what for some is a meaningless, even annoying extra fixture, for squads who just want to go home.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of annoying

Adjective

The storm let up before daybreak, but the morning was gray and cheerless with a cold wind.

— Elwyn "Bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Gomez gestured across the street toward 100 Centre Street—the criminal courthouse, a cheerless Art Deco building the color of cinder blocks.

— Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

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How Mayor Bass could reach Pratt voters The Bass and Raman campaigns could rely on outside spending groups and campaign surrogates — political allies who lean to the right of the candidates — to avoid alienating their core supporters.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Qualley holds this all together with a tricky performance that sometimes is actually alienating.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of alienating

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