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
All these forms of desire had to be overcome to escape from the distresses and chagrins of life.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Can you, by the power of your imagination, transport yourself into the future, and, as it were, read your destiny, with all its prosperous and unfortunate incidents, its pleasures and chagrins?
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
These chagrins he took as a wise man should.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre by John Morley
