disgruntle, v.
(dɪsˈgrʌnt(ə)l)
[f. dis- 5 + gruntle v. freq. of grunt.]
trans. To put into sulky dissatisfaction or ill-humour; to chagrin, disgust. Chiefly in pa. pple.
| 1682 H. Cave Hist. Popery IV. 79 Hodge was a little disgruntled at that Inscription. a 1683 Sir P. Warwick Mem. Chas. I (1701) 226 [He] would not be sent unto her house..which the Lady was much disgruntled at. 1726 Amherst Terræ Fil. xlviii. 256 M'Phelim finds his prince a little disgruntled. 1862 C. Thornton Conyers Lea xii. 224 The fair Tabitha retired to her room somewhat disgruntled. 1884 Lisbon (Dakota) Star 18 July, [He] is very much disgruntled at Cleveland's nomination. |
Hence disˈgruntled ppl. a.; also disˈgruntlement, moody discontent.
| 1847–78 Halliw., Disgruntled, discomposed. Glouc. 1889 Voice (N.Y.) 12 Sept., Partisans in all stages of disgruntlement were wandering aimlessly about. 1891 Bryce in Contemp. Rev. Jan., A melancholy or gloomy or—to use an expressive American term—a ‘disgruntled’ temper. |