Associations to the word «Gruntled»
Noun
Adverb
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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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.