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 ? }}

Adjective

(en adjective)

In a state of satisfaction.

I'm satisfied with what you have done for your homework, so you can watch television now.