chagrining

present participle of chagrin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chagrining
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • This announcement, humiliating the involved member, is harmful.
    Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And that display from our fans was mortifying.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The pressure to overperform, the fear of disappointing others and the worry of appearing uncommitted are real concerns for growth-minded professionals.
    Ankur Bindal, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • That behavior is embarrassing anywhere, and goes against all of golf etiquette.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That wasn't Carey's first time embarrassing her children.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Baltimore's lone victory this season came against the Cleveland Browns, who, despite upsetting the Green Bay Packers last week, are also 1-3 and equally struggling.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The material can be discomfiting to take in, but Ronan anchors Maria’s every move in the character’s stubborn belief that her actions are well intentioned.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Chagrining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrining. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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