Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.
verb (used with object), dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling.
- to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
adjective
- feeling or expressing discontent or anger
verb
- (tr; usually passive) to make sulky or discontented
past participle adjective from disgruntle.
1680s, from dis- “entirely, very” + obsolete gruntle “to grumble” (Middle English gruntelen, early 15c.), frequentative of grunt (v.).