Gruntled

Add to word list Add to word list. Gruntled he wasn't actually disgruntledgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective gruntled. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. OED's earliest evidence for gruntled is from , in the writing of P. Wodehouse, writer.

Gruntled

Which Came First, gruntle or disgruntle? The verb disgruntle , which has been around since , means "to make ill-humored or discontented. But dis - doesn't always work that way; in some rare cases it functions instead as an intensifier. Disgruntle developed from this intensifying sense of dis - plus gruntle , an old word now used only in British dialect meaning "to grumble. The use caught on. At first gruntle was used only in humorous ways, but people eventually began to use it seriously as well. Yes, it is possible to be kempt, couth, ruly, and gruntled. Accessed 18 Mar. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! See Definitions and Examples ». Cite this Entry Citation Share. Log In.

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Mentioned in? References in periodicals archive? Mock the Week's Andy out on tour. One disgruntled customer - unfairly, the English language has no place for gruntled customers - posted: "Disgusting. Pay budget prices, you don't get The Ritz Susie will retell the adventures that lie hidden within such words as lasagne involving a chamber pot and bugbear a terrorising monster , and explain such oddities as the silent 'h' in ghost and the mysterious disappearance of kempt, gormful, and ruly and yes, you really can be gruntled. Countdown's Susie delves into words Youngsters have fun recreating the terms couth correct but obsolete and gruntled incorrect: if grumd ever existed, disgruntled would not have been its opposite , There is no lack of other examples in common speech. During that first New Labour term, the unions would never have admitted to being completely gruntled with the rhetoric and imagery of New Labour, but could point to several tangible gains, from the minimum wage and GCHQ union membership to the New Deal for jobs, funded by the New Labour populism of a windfall tax by casting unpopular 'fat cats' in the privatised utilities as the undeserving rich. The identity crisis of Jon Cruddas.

Gruntled

Which Came First, gruntle or disgruntle? The verb disgruntle , which has been around since , means "to make ill-humored or discontented. But dis - doesn't always work that way; in some rare cases it functions instead as an intensifier. Disgruntle developed from this intensifying sense of dis - plus gruntle , an old word now used only in British dialect meaning "to grumble. The use caught on. At first gruntle was used only in humorous ways, but people eventually began to use it seriously as well. Yes, it is possible to be kempt, couth, ruly, and gruntled. Accessed 21 Mar. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! See Definitions and Examples ».

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Did you know? Mar 18, Spanish to English. Mandarin Chinese images. Word Lists. Now gruntled clients are rare in the criminal courts. The Ngrams data has been cross-checked against frequency measures from other corpora, and re-analysed in order to handle homographs and other ambiguities. See frequency. Italian images. Italian grammar. English—Norwegian Norwegian—English. The Words of the Week - Mar.

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective gruntled. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

English usage. More about OED's frequency bands. In a state of complete satisfaction; satisfied, contented. Paul Noble Method. Read More. Usually, but not always, in reference to physical conditions or…. See All. Having one's desires bounded by what one has though that may be less than one could have wished ; not disturbed by the desire of anything more…. Mar 18, My word lists. Copy Citation. Secondary School. English Translations.