gruntle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grunting sound.
  2. A snort.
动词 v.
  1. To utter small, low grunts. obsolete
  2. To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled. humorous
  3. To complain; to grumble obsolete

词形变化

gruntles present,singular,third-person gruntling participle,present gruntled participle,past gruntled past gruntles plural gruntles present,singular,third-person gruntling participle,present gruntled participle,past gruntled past

词汇关系

衍生词
begruntle disgruntle

词源

词源 1
From grunt + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix).
词源 2
From grunt + -le (diminutive suffix).
词源 3
Back-formation from disgruntled.
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