I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
It's always that tricky thing with a remake, especially when it's something that's well loved. You're coming to something that has a built-in fascination, but with that comes people ready to feel disgruntled that it's being remade at all.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled. He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it.
Actors always have things that they're not thrilled about on a show and have a hobby of bellyaching about those things.
Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do.
A minority of malcontents, some justly, some unjustly, angry with the present state of things, will always exist in this world.
I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.
Workers insist that they are not disgruntled. They are very gruntled.
I know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.
Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.
One thing I learned as a journalist is that there is at least one disgruntled person in every workplace in America - and at least double that number with a conscience. Hard as they try, they simply can't turn their heads away from an injustice when they see one taking place.
