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Definition of Disgruntle
1. Verb. Put into a bad mood or into bad humour. "The performance is likely to disgruntle Sue"; "The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions"
Definition of Disgruntle
1. v. t. To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger.
Definition of Disgruntle
1. Verb. (transitive) To make discontent or cross; to cause being in a bad temper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disgruntle
1. [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgruntle
Literary usage of Disgruntle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Helsinki Process: Negotiating Security & Cooperation in Europe. by John Fry (1999)
"... the Soviets managed to solidify the bickering al- I lies, disgruntle the Warsaw
Pact and draw lies, disgruntle the Warsaw Pact and draw • II ..."
2. The Making of America by Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins (1906)
"... might insist upon a price of $150 per acre, which would probably disgruntle
his less favored and jealous neighbors and so defeat the scheme. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Cf. disgruntle.] 1. To grunt. [Rare.] Buckingham, Rehearsal, i. 1. 2f. To bo sulky.
Pensive in mud they wallow all alone, And snore and ..."
4. A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1920)
"To the obstruction of mere disgruntle« criticism, there would always be the
challenging reply " What are your alternative proposals ; let us discuss ..."
5. Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore (1886)
"... great struggle between freedom and slavery, as to disgruntle many ardent
supporters of the principles of which he had once assumed to be the champion. ..."
6. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"The word to gruntle means to sulk, and disgruntle is probably a more emphatic
form of gruntle. Disputed Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections. ..."
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