gruntled

comparative more gruntled · superlative most gruntled

1. obsoleteGrunted.

   Along about the time Orion's sword sloped down the west, Chabot heard their gruntled noises and the scurry of the flock.

   1909, Mary Austin, Lost Borders, page 172

comparative more gruntled · superlative most gruntled

1. humorousContented, pleased, satisfied.First known use 1930s

   After all, a number of players were disgruntled, and a few more were gruntled.

   1996 March 13, Ira Berkow, “Sports of The Times: A case for fill-in coaches”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

   1938 July 16 – September 3, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “(please specify the page)”, in The Code of the Woosters, London: Herbert Jenkins, published 7 October 1938, →OCLC

   It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate.

   1994 July 25, Jack Winter, “How I Met My Wife”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC

   [S]he was rumoured to be rather less than gruntled when The Soup’s Joel McHale said: "Here's Ryan Seacrest and Tyra Banks playing Lady and the Tramp ... You figure out which is which."

   2009 March 18, Ian O'Doherty, “Tyra—the cause of all evil”, in Irish Independent, retrieved 15 Dec 2023

   Gruntled employees are happy employees. Gruntled employees like their coworkers. […] gruntled employees like their employers. … So how do you keep your employees gruntled?

   2011, Jay Shepherd, “Gruntled Employees”, in Firing at Will: A Manager’s Guide, Apress, →ISBN, page 228

   Antonyms: disgruntled