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gruntled | grunted |

As an adjective gruntled

is (humorous) satisfied, pleased, contented.

As a verb grunted is

(grunt).

gruntled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (humorous) Satisfied, pleased, contented.
  • * 1938 , :
  • 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 .
  • * 1996 March 13, , " Sports of The Times: A Case For Fill-In Coaches," New York Times (retrieved 5 July 2012):
  • After all, a number of players were disgruntled, and a few more were gruntled .
  • * 2009 March 18, , " Tyra—the cause of all evil," Irish Independent (retrieved 5 July 2012):
  • [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."
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2011 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Jay Shepherd , title=Firing at Will: A Manager's Guide , chapter=Gruntled Employees citation , genre=Business , publisher=Apress , isbn=781430237389 , page=228 , passage=Gruntled' employees are happy employees. '''Gruntled''' employees like their coworkers. … '''gruntled''' employees like their employers. … So how to you keep your employees ' gruntled ? }}

    Usage notes

    The verb gruntle is not in normal usage. The adjective is used only humorously, as the imagined opposite of disgruntled.

    Antonyms

    * disgruntled

    References

    *

    grunted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (grunt)
  • Anagrams

    *

    grunt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
  • The snorting cry of a pig.
  • Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
  • (label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)
  • Derived terms

    * grunt boy * grunt work

    Verb

    (en verb) * Frequentative: gruntle
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • To break wind; to fart.
  • References

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    Adjective

    (head)
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