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Definition
in a bad mood - typically unhappy and annoyed
- "YOU KNOW EVERYTHING YET TO COME!" he screamed at the disgruntled mailman.p. 199.9
- Meany, Jr., and a staff sergeant in his thirties—"A DISGRUNTLED CAREER MAN," according to Owen; but the staff sergeant had an Italian wife whose homemade pasta was "SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT ON HESTER'S THAT IT MAKES THE STAFF SERGEANT OCCASIONALLY WORTH LISTENING TO."p. 505.6
There are no more uses of "disgruntled" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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