| VERB | emotion | disgruntle | put into a bad mood or into bad humour |
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| Meaning | put into a bad mood or into bad humour. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to disgruntle Sue | |
| Example | "The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions" | |
| Broader | dissatisfy | fail to satisfy |
| Nouns | disgruntlement | a feeling of sulky discontent |
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