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disgruntle

[dis-gruhn-tl] / dɪsˈgrʌn tl /


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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

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

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

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

There is little margin for error or customer dissatisfaction, as disgruntled viewers will tune out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

That Peter was sponsoring a program for ex-offenders at his greenhouse business means no end of possible suspects, disgruntled or otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

This leaves disgruntled adult children weighing what to do to reclaim money they feel is rightfully theirs.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

She said the "really concerning" cases were times when "the customer is disgruntled about something that's happened... they confront the shop worker, film and upload it in order to embarrass the retailer".

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

With a disgruntled look on his face, Marv reaches into his pocket and pulls out his car keys.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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

At about the same period he accepted office as Justice of the Peace—thereby still further disgruntling his aristocratic Denbigh cousins.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Donald G. Mitchell




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