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DISGRUNTLEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disgruntlement mean? 

DISGRUNTLEMENT (noun)
  The noun DISGRUNTLEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of sulky discontentplay

  Familiarity information: DISGRUNTLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISGRUNTLEMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of sulky discontent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("disgruntlement" is a kind of...):

discontent; discontentedness; discontentment (a longing for something better than the present situation)

Derivation:

disgruntle (put into a bad mood or into bad humour)


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