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Gruntled

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:02 am

This came up on another thread, but I thought to start a thread of certain categories or collections of words. It'll probably die off through a lack of input, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.

The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.

So the list so far is...

Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable

Are there any more?
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:05 am

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:This came up on another thread, but I thought to start a thread of certain categories or collections of words. It'll probably die off through a lack of input, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.

The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.

So the list so far is...

Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable

Are there any more?

Slight segue to enquire what the difference between Flammable and Inflammable is? :conf:

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Re: Gruntled

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:06 am

Gary the Enfield wrote:
Lost Leopard Spot wrote:This came up on another thread, but I thought to start a thread of certain categories or collections of words. It'll probably die off through a lack of input, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.

The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.

So the list so far is...

Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable

Are there any more?

Slight segue to enquire what the difference between Flammable and Inflammable is? :conf:
Nice one. That's the start of list 2.
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:07 am

(In)corrigible
(In)congruous
(Dis)lexic
(Dis)turb
(Dis)tant

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:09 am

(epi)logue
(pro)logue
(dis)cipline

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Re: Gruntled

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:lol: to turb somebody.
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:11 am

(Un)iform
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:14 am

Gary the Enfield wrote:(Un)iform
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I think they should be unis and not uns. I'm disqualifying them. I'm disqualifying disqualify too, because obviously you can qualify something and it's the opposite of disqualifying it.
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:20 am

Hmmm.....

(Dis)co
(Dis)c
(Dis) ole house
(Dem)bones

Erm.........

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Re: Gruntled

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:24 am

Gary the Enfield wrote:Hmmm.....

(Dis)co
(Dis)c
(Dis) ole house
(Dem)bones

Erm.........
You are getting giddy now. But what you have done there is to veal to me that you have nothing left to reveal. :D
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:26 am

Au contraire my (ir)ascible friend........

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Re: Gruntled

Post by Beefheart » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:55 am

Isn't the opposite of misanthrope a philanthrope? Or rather, a philanthropist?

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Re: Gruntled

Post by TANGODANCER » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:59 am

(in)supportable
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable

etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:07 pm

Beefheart wrote:Isn't the opposite of misanthrope a philanthrope? Or rather, a philanthropist?

There is no such thing as an 'anthrope' though. And I am being tongue-in-cheek for a number of mine.
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:08 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:(in)supportable
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable

etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?

Yes TD. I think the point is if you remove the prefix the remaining word is nonsensical and doesn't exist. I'm afraid all yours do.

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Re: Gruntled

Post by TANGODANCER » Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:15 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:(in)supportable
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable

etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?

Yes TD. I think the point is if you remove the prefix the remaining word is nonsensical and doesn't exist. I'm afraid all yours do.
Ah, okay.....got a bit discumbobulated... :wink:
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Re: Gruntled

Post by clapton is god » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:08 pm

"Am I disfigured?"

"No, you were never figured in the first place."

That kind of thing?

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Re: Gruntled

Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:27 pm

clapton is god wrote:"Am I disfigured?"

"No, you were never figured in the first place."

That kind of thing?

Almost (ex)actly that kind of thing.

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Re: Gruntled

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:32 pm

clapton is god wrote:"Am I disfigured?"

"No, you were never figured in the first place."

That kind of thing?
Kind of...albeit the opening two were chosen precisely because without the prefix we are unsure whether it decreases or increases the value that the word with the prefix embodies.
Thus when somebody is gruntled does this mean they are less then disgruntledor does it mean being opposite to being disgruntled, i.e if gruntled is to disgruntled is it like ecstatic is to happy or is it like happy is to sad?
We were looking for words that fit that formula.
So far I like Disturb and Turb, Discombobulate and Combobulate.
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Re: Gruntled

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:33 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:
clapton is god wrote:"Am I disfigured?"

"No, you were never figured in the first place."

That kind of thing?

Almost (ex)actly that kind of thing.
Add that^ to the list... :D
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