chagrin

We have, as Melton notes much to Spaeny’s chagrin, “caught a vibe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

To my chagrin but not my surprise, no one else in the theater came with their tail tucked between their legs, covered by a trench coat.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

To my chagrin, being young and self-involved, as well as working a grueling summer job, I remember that I was almost oblivious to the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Monteiro, who grew up in Rocinha, recalls the early days of "safari-like" tourism in the favela, when visitors guided by outsiders would show up in open-air jeeps, much to the chagrin of locals.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

With chagrin, I realized the probable cause — no one else was as aware of Edward as I always was.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Hector the dog delights and chagrins them in equal measure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018

However, while Carter's crusty editorializing delights thousands of listeners, it chagrins thousands more, keeps him in a perpetual controversial stew.

From Time Magazine Archive

But my facetious friend had his especial chagrins.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

But they are brief, seem the result of momentary moods rather than the spray of a strong, steady current; and he soon turns from them to the expression of his petty chagrins and personal animosities.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George

He treated his sick wife with pleasantry; by pleasantry he consoled his daughters in their chagrins; and lastly he fortified himself thereby, when he felt that a sigh was likely to escape his breast.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

But while durian lovers feast, Malaysian farmers are chagrined.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Josie is chagrined to recognize that she would forgive him, too, if he ever so much as pretended to care about her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The front end, which was also a trunk, came up right to my rib cage, a contact point that would have chagrined any high school football coach as bad tackling form: too high.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

The lady’s chagrined reaction, as caught by a cameraman and transmitted to the giant screen at the rear of the stage, was like a little one-act play about access to stardom in pop’s parasocial age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

Seventeen years ago she was chagrined when I started dating Ted.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Last week publicity-hating President Tew was chagrinned to find his name very much in the news.

From Time Magazine Archive

On his Thanksgiving vacation he had missed five successive quail and gone home chagrinned.

From Time Magazine Archive

These events had left Mr. Raskob not bitter�John Raskob is a sportsman �but chagrinned, dismayed, hurt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many another influence close to the Administration was similarly chagrinned.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peter Slade was much chagrinned to have the victory snatched from him, and began to mutter something about the race not being a fair one.

From The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall by Stratemeyer, Edward

Cecil's unfortunate encouragement of the night before—displayed more with a view to chagrining Sir Penthony than from a mere leaning toward coquetry—has fanned his passion to a very dangerous height.

From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe