disgruntle
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“They didn’t want to disgruntle anyone. And if you go with Kanye, you have to know there is risk involved.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
When you disgruntle nearly a billion people, it becomes fairly big news, right away: The biggest tech news sites were on the story in nanoseconds.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2011
When two skaters fell through the ice on a Peiping lake, the Chronicle crisply reported: "They eyed ice angrily for some time before leaving in disgruntle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Could he disgruntle Mr. Grundy—the Mr. Grundy who raised for the Republicans $700,000 in 1924, $615,000 in 1926, and $547,000 in 1928?
From Time Magazine Archive
Stay where you are," he said, "for I'm not minded you shall do that which may disgruntle the commandant.
From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by Otis, James
That Peter was sponsoring a program for ex-offenders at his greenhouse business means no end of possible suspects, disgruntled or otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Some disgruntled loved ones may feel abandoned or envy your decision.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
At one point they suggested it might be disgruntled opponents of the military junta which had seized power the year before.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
With the program in full-blown crisis, Bilton spent the rest of the week attempting to calm the waters and retain the disgruntled correspondents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Taro makes a noise like a disgruntled cow, and then he looks at me.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
The trade-off between disgruntling some existing customers and luring new ones will probably work out for Southwest, according to Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Industry representatives say they walk a fine line trying to adapt without disgruntling their core customers, but some think a real solution would need to be more radical.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
This isn't the first time Markle has been accused of disgruntling royal staff.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2019
In truth, the day of the telecast experiment would be a perfect time for the nation to reflect generally�and silently�on the whole disgruntling phenomenon of superfluous talk.
From Time Magazine Archive
At about the same period he accepted office as Justice of the Peace—thereby still further disgruntling his aristocratic Denbigh cousins.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
