Associations to the word «Gruntle»

Wiktionary

GRUNTLE, verb. (obsolete) To utter small, low grunts.
GRUNTLE, verb. (obsolete) To complain; to grumble
GRUNTLE, noun. A grunting sound
GRUNTLE, noun. A snort
GRUNTLE, verb. (humorous) To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled.

Dictionary definition

GRUNTLE, verb. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope