chagrin
noun
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
had chagrined
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past perfectof chagrin.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It had chagrined him to learn that with the prisoner had disappeared the record-card on which he had counted as a piece of tangible evidence.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
