disgruntled

CEFRC1

/dɪsˈɡɹʌntl̩d/

adjective

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"I'd rather get the sack than not join the labour union," said the disgruntled worker.
How do you know this wasn't done by a disgruntled employee?

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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We think a disgruntled employee was the one who planted the bomb.
disgruntled employees preparing to strike over the lack of progress in talks with their employer on pay and conditions

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About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. […] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?
1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 48, column 2
A good proportion of British Railways' most disgruntled main line passengers will be found among those who have to make long-distance journeys at week-ends, when trains are apt to be diverted and re-timed because of large-scale engineering works.
1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Week-end Diversions”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 323

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From disgruntle + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of verbs).