Sample sentences for DISGRUNTLED

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Definition

in a bad mood - typically unhappy and annoyed

disgruntled = unhappy and angry

Since the change, many disgruntled employees complain of worsening working conditions

disgruntled = unhappy and annoyed

The airline expressed regret and offered disgruntled passengers a 50% discount on their next flight.

disgruntled = unhappy and annoyed

It was a disgruntled father, ordering his kids inside.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

disgruntled = unhappy and annoyed

Owls hooted to one another in a disgruntled sort of way over the babble and the scraping of heavy trunks.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

disgruntled = annoyed

"Greenhouse three today, chaps!" said Professor Sprout, who was looking distinctly disgruntled, not at all her usual cheerful self.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

disgruntled = in a bad mood - typically unhappy and annoyed

No longer laughing, they moved spiritlessly toward their homes while a disgruntled Mr. Grimes leaned moodily against the raised rear end of the bus.
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

disgruntled = in a bad mood

Defense Against the Dark Arts classes were canceled ("but we've had plenty of practice at that anyway," Ron told a disgruntled Hermione)
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

disgruntled = upset or unhappy

"Just have to find out for ourselves, then," said Ron, and they left Hagrid looking disgruntled and hurried off to the library.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

disgruntled = unhappy

[Max Vandenburg] was also a little disappointed. Even disgruntled. As he watched his uncle sink slowly into the bed, he decided that he would never allow himself to die like that.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

disgruntled = dissatisfied

There were wet hats and wet shoulders, a cold, shrunken, disgruntled mass, pouring in between bleak walls.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
Still, the son of Poseidon looked disgruntled.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
This includes persons pursuing a political agenda, religious extremists, or other disgruntled individuals.
Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
I stop in front of the doors and make a disgruntled sound in my throat.
Veronica Roth -- Allegiant
You have the air of a disgruntled magnate.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
The others, disgruntled, turned their energy toward solving the riddle.
Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
But you could work them out.... and thereby avoid the chronic sickness of representative government, the disgruntled minority which feels—correctly!
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
He was an oldish man now, and fussy, and somewhat disgruntled at having been wakened at this hour.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
Disgruntled, he flung himself back at the railing beside a stoop.
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
I can't have the school board find out about this — I can't let some disgruntled students ruin it for everyone.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running

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