单词 | disgruntle |
释义 | disgruntlev. transitive. To put into sulky dissatisfaction or ill-humour; to chagrin, disgust. Chiefly in past participle. ΚΠ 1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 79 Hodge was a little disgruntled at that Inscription. a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 226 [He] would not be sent unto her house..which the Lady was much disgruntled at. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xlviii. 256 M'Phelim finds his prince a little disgruntled. 1862 C. Thornton Conyers Lea xii. 224 The fair Tabitha retired to her room somewhat disgruntled. 1884 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 18 July [He] is very much disgruntled at Cleveland's nomination. Derivatives disˈgruntled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Disgruntled, discomposed. Glouc. 1891 Bryce in Contemp. Rev. Jan. A melancholy or gloomy or—to use an expressive American term—a ‘disgruntled’ temper. disˈgruntlement n. moody discontent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] > moody discontent disgruntlement1889 1889 Voice (N.Y.) 12 Sept. Partisans in all stages of disgruntlement were wandering aimlessly about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1682 |
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