chagrin

When I finally did, age 30, I realized to my chagrin that in following his footsteps, I hadn’t scratched the surface of his intellectual journey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

As the boys grew up, they took to roughhousing around the house, much to the chagrin of their mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

His notes “took over our dining room at home,” much to his wife’s chagrin, Banatao said in the oral history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Much to her chagrin, Charles laughed at how upset she was, which made Emma furious.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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

I.—If that is the only thing that chagrins you, it is hardly worth the trouble.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley

Not the least of Raleigh's chagrins in the Tower must have been the composition of works which he was unable to publish.

From Raleigh by Andrew Lang

Whereto he answered, "O my lady, may Allah Almighty preserve thee to veil sins and countervail chagrins!"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

During a “lightning round” of queries, Christie was chagrined when MacCallum asked him about government investigations of UFOs.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

She softened the sharpness of her words with a smile, but Con was chagrined.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Many another influence close to the Administration was similarly chagrinned.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"The joke's on us this time, and no doubt about it," said the also chagrinned, but more philosophically inclined "Gibs."

From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Mary Newton Stanard

He was surprised and a little chagrinned by the weakness he had discovered; he could not understand how it had escaped him before.

From The Return of Blue Pete by Luke Allan

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 Margaret Wolfe Hamilton