disgruntle
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“They didn’t want to disgruntle anyone. And if you go with Kanye, you have to know there is risk involved.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
When you disgruntle nearly a billion people, it becomes fairly big news, right away: The biggest tech news sites were on the story in nanoseconds.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2011
When two skaters fell through the ice on a Peiping lake, the Chronicle crisply reported: "They eyed ice angrily for some time before leaving in disgruntle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Could he disgruntle Mr. Grundy—the Mr. Grundy who raised for the Republicans $700,000 in 1924, $615,000 in 1926, and $547,000 in 1928?
From Time Magazine Archive
Stay where you are," he said, "for I'm not minded you shall do that which may disgruntle the commandant.
From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by James Otis
According to disgruntled cattlemen, the “Oprah Effect” doesn’t just have the power to boost sales, it can drop them too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Avoiding necessary dues increases can expose the association, and potentially its board members, to lawsuits from disgruntled owners when a lack of adequate reserves hinders property sales, Weiss said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
After the first day of their concert, disgruntled comments emerged online among fans.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
This leaves disgruntled adult children weighing what to do to reclaim money they feel is rightfully theirs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
But over everything lay the shadow: not only the illness, but her whole disgruntled and disappointed life.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The trade-off between disgruntling some existing customers and luring new ones will probably work out for Southwest, according to Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Industry representatives say they walk a fine line trying to adapt without disgruntling their core customers, but some think a real solution would need to be more radical.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
This isn't the first time Markle has been accused of disgruntling royal staff.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2019
The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lady returned to residence at the Takébashi Goten, to be a disgruntling influence in her brother's court.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville
