1
as in dissatisfaction
the condition of being dissatisfied with one's life or situation
a survey showing the extent of people's satisfaction—or disgruntlement—with their marriages
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as in estrangement
the loss of friendship or affection
feelings of neglect that inevitably lead to disgruntlement among employees
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Noun
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Even before the pandemic, intensive care nurses reported dissatisfaction and frustration with hospital procedures that failed to honor patients’ preferences at the end of life.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025 -
That was bad for teachers and students and was a root cause of growing parental dissatisfaction and mistrust of public education.—
James A. Kadamus,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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His ouster, along with the accompanying instability and popular discontent that lingered after him, helped pave the way for Ansar Allah's advances, ultimately seizing the capital in 2015.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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This dehumanization is poignantly illustrated through the characters’ struggles with isolation and existential discontent.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, China has previously used its judiciary to signal political displeasure, as seen in the cases of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Although 2024 was a year where the headlines often focused on influential donors pulling their contributions to colleges over their displeasure with how campus protests or other controversies were handled, overall generosity for higher education continued to grow, sustaining a recent trend.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Limited social mobility leads to alienation of the disenfranchised, and ossification.—
Suwanna Gauntlett,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The alienation of children from the values and traditions of their parents is a central subject of modern Yiddish literature—most famously in Sholem Aleichem’s stories about the dairyman Tevye and his daughters.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Disgruntlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disgruntlement. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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