chagrin
noun
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
chagrins
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present tense formof chagrin (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Hector the dog delights and chagrins them in equal measure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018
However, while Carter's crusty editorializing delights thousands of listeners, it chagrins thousands more, keeps him in a perpetual controversial stew.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carlyle has well said, "Silently swallow the chagrins of your position; every position has them."
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
When the exile of my two friends became known, I was assailed by a whole host of chagrins of every kind; but a great misfortune renders us in a manner insensible to fresh troubles.
From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Auguste Louis Baron de Stael-Holstein
I perceived the chagrins from which they secretly suffered—the tears behind the laughter.
From The Prodigal Returns by Lilian Staveley
