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as in bumming (out)
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as in disconcerting
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chagrining
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The code, though, is currently often replete with disconcerting troubles.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025 -
This detail, at once tragic and comic, painfully human and stupidly bureaucratic, captures something essential about Schattenfroh, an extremely dark novel about the horrors of modern European history laced with the delirious, disconcerting humor of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its mid-rise Harlow jeans are composed of a cotton and elastane blend, with a powder-blue hue and strategic hints of distressing down the leg.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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This announcement, humiliating the involved member, is harmful.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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And that display from our fans was mortifying.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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The people who have the most money and power are the first to give up, and, frankly, that should be mortifying for them.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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However, the company didn't raise its 2025 forecast, disappointing some investors.—
Seema Mody,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Apple is betting that the new models will bolster demand after disappointing iPad sales in the June quarter.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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While stocks in the region, so far, have underperformed their emerging-market peers, letting down many investors, these lower valuations are attractive to KKR because of the positive macro trends.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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What Freeman wants to see more of from Carr and his offensive staff is making the tie go to the running back or letting down-and-distance dictate the decision.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Still, the former University of Miami standout did not want to be dealt, even publicly stating that just hours after the Dolphins’ embarrassing 28-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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For French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, the heist spotlights embarrassing security failings at one of France’s most venerable institutions.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Noles had high hopes for the season after upsetting Alabama 31-17 in Week 1, but have gone 2-4 since.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Even though moral victories are for losers, the only loss Mike McDaniel’s team should lower its head in shame about was that 31-6 Cleveland loss two weeks ago, but the Dolphins responded by upsetting the Atlanta Falcons last week.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Chagrining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrining. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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