Meanings
verbdisgruntle (third-person singular simple present disgruntles, present participle disgruntling, simple past and past participle disgruntled)
present singular third person disgruntles · participle present disgruntling · participle past disgruntled · past disgruntled
- transitiveTo make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
A pregnant woman who ordered pizza in Florida was stabbed 14 times by a delivery driver who police say was disgruntled over her $2 tip.
2024 December 27, Leah Sarnoff, “Pregnant woman stabbed 14 times by pizza delivery driver over $2 tip: Police”, in abcnews.go.com
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
aggravateannoyantagonizebedevilboil someone's pissbotherbotheratechap someone's hidecheese offdevildissatisfyexasperatefrustrateget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's goatget under someone's goatgive someone the shitsgrind one's gearsharsh one's mellowhassleirritatemolestmommicknarkpee offpeevepiquepiss offprovokeraise someone's hacklesrilerile uproilrub someone the wrong wayruffle someone's feathersstormtee offtest someone's patiencetick offtorque offtroublevexwind up
Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishgruntle
- Englishdisgruntle
From dis- (intensifier) + gruntle (“grumble, grunt”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German verärgern
- verärgernto make discontent
Italian contrariare
- contrariareto make discontent
Māori whakaahu
- whakaahuto make discontent
Russian расстра́ивать
- расстра́ивать (rasstráivatʹ)to make discontent
Cite this entry
APA
disgruntle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgruntle
MLA
“disgruntle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgruntle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disgruntle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgruntle.
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