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adjective

Definition of disgruntlingnext
as in disappointing

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disgruntling

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verb

present participle of disgruntle
1
as in infuriating
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring an employee, disgruntled by the restaurant owner's shabby treatment, turned him in to the IRS

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2
as in displeasing
to make discontented a crew disgruntled by a long voyage that provided no opportunity for recreation onshore

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disgruntling
  1. disappointing
  2. angering
  3. alienating
  4. cheerless
  5. depressing
Adjective
  • That's incredibly disappointing, because Dropbox, Google Drive, IDrive, and Microsoft OneDrive don't have that barrier.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Democrats have faced a bitterly disappointing defeat, and the debate is on about why that happened.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of disappointing
Verb
  • This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The new plan would do away with two of those lanes, angering some motorists and bus operators.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of angering
Verb
  • Brands clinging to idealized images risk alienating their customers.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Any form of self-expression that doesn’t conform to whiteness is perceived as restricted, thus alienating Black and brown players.
    Essence, Essence, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of alienating
Adjective
  • Wedged between the cheerless skyscrapers of Third Avenue and an uncharming stretch of Second, just blocks north of the bro bars of Murray Hill, is a row of nine townhouses.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Election polls may seem cheerless, inscrutable, and wrapped in data and murky terminology.
    W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of cheerless
Adjective
  • Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Dreadful game of the week: Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles — The Browns are just depressing, saddled with the debacle that is the acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson, whose numbers are just dreadful.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of depressing
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