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chagrined

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verb

past tense of chagrin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chagrined
Adjective
  • Black children experience higher rates of lactose intolerance, which meant many of my kids went the entire school day without clean, safe drinking water and instead milk that gave them an upset stomach.
    Joe Holberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Many party insiders thought Larson would cruise to victory at the party’s nominating convention, but Bronin pulled a stunning upset that sent shock waves through the Connecticut political establishment.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Some customers on social media are understandably displeased by the news, with users on sites like Reddit promoting physical copies as the best way to permanently own media.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Still, the boy was disconcerted during his first sessions in early June, said his mother, Tricia LaBrasca.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • But minutes later, Austria tied the game again, leaving the lobby in dismayed silence.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • His reflexive suspicion of causes left him more dismayed than energized by the nascent conflict.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Fans expecting brilliant French offense in the Philadelphia Stadium sweatbox had reason to be disappointed.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 5 July 2026
  • As the game drew to a close, he also would have been disappointed not to have lifted the ball over the keeper after he was slipped through by Mbappe on the counter.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The episode concludes with Rhaenyra looking completely mortified at the idea of having to explain to Alicent what happened, since Alicent had set Rhaenyra up to take King’s Landing and thus the Iron Throne from Alicent’s son, Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) — but hadn’t expected this.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • But she was mortified when a crime website posted her mug shot.
    Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • Rumpled lengths ooze insouciance, radiating a can't-be-bothered energy that, for some, is far cooler than even the bounciest blowout.
    Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Some users were distressed last year after OpenAI made changes that made the bot less people-pleasing.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • And so, hounded by creditors and distressed by mounting debts, the remaining family had to leave their formerly genteel surroundings for the gritty, unsentimental shadows of the Yoshiwara.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
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“Chagrined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrined. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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