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gruntled

/ ˈɡrʌntəld /

adjective

  1. informal.
    happy or contented; satisfied
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gruntled1

C20: back formation from disgruntled
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Example Sentences

So he’s back to being simply gruntled now?

By then, my wife and I were feeling pretty gruntled, too.

It may be a stretch to say the Seahawks quarterback is disgruntled, but he’s definitely not gruntled.

She said: "To use a word that my hero PG Wodehouse invented, I am terribly 'gruntled' by winning this prize, sharing it with the great Paul Murray."

From BBC

“I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.”

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