Associations to the word «Gruntled»

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.
William Butler Yeats