Definition of Disgruntlement

1. Noun. A feeling of sulky discontent.

Generic synonyms: Discontent, Discontentedness, Discontentment
Derivative terms: Disgruntle

Definition of Disgruntlement

1. Noun. The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disgruntlement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgruntlement

disgracious
disgracive
disgradation
disgrade
disgraded
disgrades
disgrading
disgraduate
disgraduated
disgraduates
disgraduating
disgregation
disgruntedly
disgruntle
disgruntled
disgruntlement (current term)
disgruntlements
disgruntles
disgruntling
disguisable
disguise
disguised
disguisedly
disguisedness
disguiser
disguisers
disguises
disguising

Literary usage of Disgruntlement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Security Awareness in the 1980s: Featured Articles From Security Awareness (1992)
"But suspicious activities such as those listed, combined with job dissatisfaction or other disgruntlement, would certainly provide grounds for heightened ..."

2. The Ego and His Own by Max Stirner, Steven Tracy Byington (1913)
"From those who want to " uplift the lower classes of the people " he is distinguished by wanting to deliver from " disgruntlement," not merely these, ..."

3. Freedom of Information Act Guide and Privacy Act Overview, (1996) by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"... "customer or employee disgruntlement," are not cognizable under Exemption 4.221 (Moreover, such harms would not be cognizable under Exemption 6 either, ..."

4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"I saw the envy and disgruntlement rise in the man's face; he couldn't keep it down. I saw him trying to fix up something in his mind to take the bloom off ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... undoubted truth and self-justification has been that Mr. Moley decided to tell all because of disgruntlement over his cavalier treatment by the White ..."

6. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"72 The fear of the Turk so evident in the letter to Tiepolo and the disgruntlement equally evident in the letter to the deceased Barbarigo disappear with ..."

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