chagrins

present tense third-person singular of chagrin

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Verb
  • But the corporate chiefs also know that Trump is a vengeful man with the power to target anyone who speaks out against him, or any business that displeases him.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • What upsets me the most about that is that people believe it.
    Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This upsets David and leads to a backstage father-son confrontation.
    Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In this wager, the bad outcome isn't that AI disappoints.
    Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • If this season disappoints, there will be a strong case to be made for an overhaul.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s always a moment in which somebody humiliates the villain and now all the love in him is gone.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But after coming out the other side — O’Brien’s been sober for over a decade — there’s very little that fazes him.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Chagrins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrins. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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