Main Entry:
grun·tle Listen to the pronunciation of gruntle
Pronunciation:
\ˈgrən-təl\
Function:
transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
grun·tled; grun·tling Listen to the pronunciation of gruntling \ˈgrənt-liŋ, ˈgrən-təl-iŋ\
Etymology:
back-formation from disgruntle
Date:
1926
: to put in a good humor
Granted, it was created in 1926 because there was no opposite for disgruntled, but that is neither here nor there.
Haha, gruntled. Michael Scott from the Office is known to screw up his words a lot and has been known to assure Jan in the past that no one is disgruntled in the office, in fact everyone is very gruntled. Funny stuff. (PS, Firefox is underlining gruntled and telling me that it’s not a word. I trust Firefox.)
i don’t know about the rest, but i know uncouth and incorrigible do have opposites, namely couth and corrigible :P
Hm. So they do. Obviously this wasn’t a scientific study. I can say I’ve never once heard either of those words used “raw”.
There also is a gruntled:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gruntled
Granted, it was created in 1926 because there was no opposite for disgruntled, but that is neither here nor there.
Haha, gruntled. Michael Scott from the Office is known to screw up his words a lot and has been known to assure Jan in the past that no one is disgruntled in the office, in fact everyone is very gruntled. Funny stuff. (PS, Firefox is underlining gruntled and telling me that it’s not a word. I trust Firefox.)
Inflammable and Flammable mean the exact same thing.
Inept’s opposite is adept.