Complete Definition of "gruntled"

English

Etymology
back-form|disgruntled

Adjective
gruntled

  1. jocular satisfied.

#: 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. — w:P. G. Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse, w:The Code of the Woosters|The Code of the Woosters

Usage notes
gruntle|Gruntle is today considered obsolete and is not in normal usage. Gruntled is used only humorous|humorously as the imagined opposite of disgruntled.

Antonyms
disgruntled

vi:gruntled

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