Disgruntle

/dɪsˈɡrʌntəl/ verb

Definition

To make someone dissatisfied, annoyed, or discontented; to upset someone's mood or feelings.

Etymology

From dis- (to reverse or negate) + gruntle (back-formed from 'disgruntle' itself, from Middle English grunten, 'to grunt'). Gruntle seems related to grunt, suggesting quiet grumbling sounds of dissatisfaction.

Kelly Says

This word is special because 'gruntle' doesn't really exist on its own—'disgruntle' is so old that we had to invent 'gruntle' backwards from it, making it one of English's accidental auto-antonyms.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰላም
se-lam
ARالعربية
يُحبط
yu-ḥabṭ
BNবাংলা
অসন্তুষ্ট করা
os-an-tu-sh-ta kor-a
CACatalà
descontentar
de-scon-ten-tar
CSČeština
pohoršit
po-hor-shit
DADansk
fordrive
for-dree-ve
DEDeutsch
missbilligen
mis-bil-li-gen
ELΕλληνικά
εξοργίσει
e-zor-gi-sei
ESEspañol
descontenta
de-scon-ten-ta
FAفارسی
دلخراش
del-kha-rash
FISuomi
tyrmätä
tyr-ma-ta
FRFrançais
décontentrer
de-kon-tre-rɛ
GUGU
અસંતુષ્ટ
as-an-tusht
HAHA
hadu
ha-du
HEעברית
להקניט
le-ha-kni-t
HIहिन्दी
असंतुष्ट करना
as-an-tusht kar-na
HUMagyar
felháborítani
fel-ha-bo-ri-ti
IDBahasa Indonesia
membuat tidak puas
mem-buat ti-dak puas
IGIG
nwụ
nwu
ITItaliano
scontentare
scon-ten-ta-re
JA日本語
不満を抱かせる
fuman wo kakaseru
KKKK
қасыр
ka-syr
KMKM
ប្រាប់
bra-ap
KO한국어
불만을 품게 하다
bul-man-eul pum-ge ha-da
MRMR
असंतुष्ट
as-an-tusht
MSBahasa Melayu
membuat tidak puas
mem-buat ti-dak puas
MYမြန်မာ
မကျေနပ်
ma-kye-na-p
NLNederlands
ontgoochelen
ont-goo-che-len
NONorsk
fordrive
for-dree-ve
PAPA
ਕੁਝ
kujh
PLPolski
niezadowolić
nie-za-do-li-ć
PTPortuguês
descontentar
de-scon-ten-tar
RORomână
dezamăgi
de-za-ma-gi
RUРусский
разочаровать
ra-zo-cha-ro-vat'
SVSvenska
missnöjda
miss-njö-da
SWKiswahili
kujaza
koo-ja-za
TAதமிழ்
குழப்பம்
ku-zhap-pam
TEతెలుగు
చింతించు
chin-ti-nchu
THไทย
ทำให้ไม่พอใจ
thae-hae mai-por-jai
TLTL
maging hindi nasiyahan
ma-ging hin-di na-si-ya-han
TRTürkçe
memnun etmek
me-m-nun e-k
UKУкраїнська
розчарувати
roz-cha-ru-vat'
URاردو
خراب
kh-rab
VITiếng Việt
khiến ai thất vọng
khien ai tha-t-vong
YOYO
ṣe gbẹ
she gbe
ZH中文
使人沮丧
shǐ rén jǔ sàng
ZUZU
ukusasa
oo-koo-sa-sa

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