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chagrined

/shuh-grin/US // ʃəˈgrɪn //UK // (ˈʃæɡrɪn) //

懊恼的,懊恼不已,懊恼,懊丧的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    cha·grined or cha·grinned, cha·grin·ing or cha·grin·ning.

    • : to vex by disappointment or humiliation: The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.
    • : Obsolete. shagreen.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcause displeasure

Examples

  • When the body of Johnson was exhumed, the medical examiner was acutely chagrined when six .22 caliber rounds were removed from it.

  • Liberals excited at the way you take after Alan Greenspan will be chagrined at your critiques of the New Deal.

  • He was wearing a black suit, a silver tie, and a chagrined expression.

  • The song was written in 1929, but it was recorded by a later-chagrined Frank Sinatra in the 1940s.

  • Instead, the Paul Ryan talked about these days on the Hill is withdrawn, conflicted, chagrined, and unavailable.

  • We were naturally enough much chagrined, not knowing how much inconvenience and delay this incident might cause.

  • But he was feeling deeply chagrined and mortified over his last escapade.

  • Jacinth, though she said nothing, was feeling very chagrined indeed, and not a little bitter.

  • Yet when the vehicle drew up he was sensibly chagrined to recognise the port-wine cabman of the night before.

  • The Rebels, in hot pursuit, come down to the other bank, mortified and chagrined and enraged at his escape.