English

Adjective

gruntled ‎(comparative more gruntled, superlative most gruntled)

1. (humorous) Satisfied, pleased, contented.
   • 1938, P. G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters:

     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.

   • 1996 March 13, Ira Berkow, "Sports of The Times: A Case For Fill-In Coaches," New York Times (retrieved 5 July 2012):

     After all, a number of players were disgruntled, and a few more were gruntled.

   • 2009 March 18, Ian O'Doherty, "Tyra—the cause of all evil," Irish Independent (retrieved 5 July 2012):

     [S]he was rumoured to be rather less than gruntled when The Soup's Joel McHale said: "Here's Ryan Seacrest and Tyra Banks playing Lady and the Tramp ... You figure out which is which."

   • 2011, Jay Shepherd, “Gruntled Employees”, in Firing at Will: A Manager's Guide (Business), Apress, ISBN 781430237389, page 228:

     Gruntled employees are happy employees. Gruntled employees like their coworkers. … gruntled employees like their employers. … So how do you keep your employees gruntled?

Usage notes

The verb gruntle is not in normal usage. The adjective gruntled is used only humorously, as the imagined opposite of disgruntled.

Antonyms

• disgruntled

References

• gruntled at OneLook Dictionary Search