gruntled
/ˈɡɹʌnt(ə)ld/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Along about the time Orion's sword sloped down the west, Chabot heard their gruntled noises and the scurry of the flock."
- "He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."
- "It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate."
- "After all, a number of players were disgruntled, and a few more were gruntled."
- "[S]he was rumoured to be rather less than gruntled when The Soup’s Joel McHale said: "Here's Ryan Seacrest and Tyra Banks playing Lady and the Tramp ... You figure out which is which.""
- "Gruntled employees are happy employees. Gruntled employees like their coworkers. […] gruntled employees like their employers. … So how do you keep your employees gruntled?"
Etymology
Etymology tree English gruntle Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English gruntled From gruntle + -ed.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹʌnt(ə)ld/
- British English: /ˈɡɹʌntl̩d/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more gruntled (comparative)
most gruntled (superlative)