Gruntled or Disgruntled
June 05, 2024
Are you disgruntled? Or are you gruntled? Gruntled is a real word, one of the few positives derived from a negative.
"disgruntle (v.) 1680s, from dis-, here meaning "entirely, very," + obsolete gruntle "to grumble" (Middle English gruntelen, early 15c.), frequentative of grunt (v.)."
You actually can take a negative and fashion a positive from it.
Where would you start today?
This is neither a gruntlement nor a disgruntlement; it is a bit off topic. But I will throw it in.
