What's the difference between disgruntled and dissatisfied?
Disgruntled
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Dissatisfied
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Dissatisfy
Example Sentences:
(1) Markram's papers on synaptic plasticity and the microcircuitry of the neural cortex were enough to earn him a full professorship at the age of 40, but his discoveries left him restless and dissatisfied.
(2) Whereas on the Self-Cathexis Scale, 45% (N = 9) were satisfied and 55% (N = 11) were dissatisfied with self.
(3) Six men were dissatisfied and would not undergo the operation again.
(4) Analysis showed that 24% had delayed sleep onset, 23% awakened frequently, 19% awakened early, 21% were dissatisfied with sleep, and 8% took medication to aid sleep.
(5) The entire discussion about climate was very difficult, if not to say very dissatisfying,” the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, told reporters.
(6) Thirteen percent were neutral and 22% were dissatisfied.
(7) While it's unknown what, if anything else, went into Hunnam's decision, a handful of sources believe his schedule would have been figured out long before it was publicly announced that he was joining the film, leading some to suggest the actor was dissatisfied with the sexy part."
(8) Patients were satisfied with their care but very dissatisfied with the waiting time.
(9) So who wants to look up into a store window and, already dissatisfied with one's body, see a mannequin with a concave stomach and visible ribs?
(10) A second patient was dissatisfied with the functional range of his hip.
(11) At one point, dissatisfied with their taste – she is an enthusiastic rather than a merely dutiful taster – she tipped seven plated servings of scallops back in a basin and began seasoning them all over again.
(12) Four behavioral dispositions indicated a state of high emotional involvement in the marriage: striving to gratify interpersonal needs primarily through the marital relationship; needing to receive affection and desiring to provide support; desiring to satisfy these needs in a mutually satisfying way; and becoming irritated and hostile when maritally dissatisfied.
(13) Responses led to the formation of work groups, charged with addressing dissatisfiers and communicating implementation strategies to the hospital at large.
(14) The early-onset group was dissatisfied with the frequency of sexual behavior to a greater degree than the nondisabled group.
(15) Subjects dissatisfied with their body shape were most likely to desire an increased chest and arm size and decreased abdomen size.
(16) Polls over the last year showed Chicagoans growing dissatisfied with Emanuel, with the star power that helped him return to Chicago and become mayor clearly tarnished.
(17) They reported more somatic complaints and a higher level of familial stress, were more dissatisfied with their life situation and work, had fewer friends and experienced more losses of significant others.
(18) Homeless persons were also more likely to have made a suicide attempt, to have experienced recent psychotic symptoms, and to be dissatisfied with life.
(19) "One of the things I gathered between the lines in my telephone calls with him, although he of course had to read out the scripts of the regime, was that he was very distressed and dissatisfied by the situation there," Hague said.
(20) A number of researchers, dissatisfied with traditional models of affective illness, have developed multidimensional systems models that more accurately reflect how genetic, biological, and social factors may interact to increase vulnerability or resilience to stressors and illness.