disgruntled
adjective
- upset, annoy
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡɹʌntl̩d/ / /dɪsˈɡɹʌnt(ə)ld/
adj
Etymology: From disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs).
- In a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
“disgruntled employees preparing to strike over the lack of progress in talks with their employer on pay and conditions”
“About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. […] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?”
verb
Etymology: From disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs).
- simple past and past participle of disgruntle