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What (who) is disgruntled - definition

AMERICAN SLANG
Go postal; Gone postal; Disgruntled Postal Worker; Go Postal
  • The U.S. post office in Royal Oak

disgruntled      
¦ adjective angry or dissatisfied.
Derivatives
disgruntlement noun
Origin
C17: from dis- + dialect gruntle 'utter little grunts'.
disgruntled      
If you are disgruntled, you are cross and dissatisfied because things have not happened the way that you wanted them to happen.
Disgruntled employees recently called for his resignation...
ADJ: oft ADJ by/at/over n
disgruntled      
adj. disgruntled at, over, with

Wikipedia

Going postal

Going postal is an American English slang phrase referring to becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually in a workplace environment. The expression derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, police officers and members of the general public in acts of mass murder. Between 1970 and 1997, more than 40 people were killed by then-current or former employees in at least 20 incidents of workplace rage. Between 1986 and 2011, workplace shootings happened roughly twice per year, with an average of 1.18 people killed per year.

Examples of use of disgruntled
1. Critics urge disgruntled Cubans to turn in blank ballots.
2. He is weary and not a little disgruntled, himself.
3. Disgruntled miners created thunderous booms by tossing dynamite sticks.
4. These disgruntled voters overwhelmingly intend to vote Democratic.
5. But in one central matter the disgruntled officers are right.