as in disappointment
a feeling of being frustrated or annoyed because of failure especially to meet expectations
The fact that he'd been unable to attend the wedding was a source of chagrin for Ted.
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Recent Examples of chagrin
Chris Lau, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
The airline recently announced an end to its very popular free baggage check policy, much to customers’ chagrin.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
In 2019, McLaughlin quit her cushy corporate Reebok job—to the chagrin of her parents—and went full-time freelance.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Fan’s performance appears to have chagrined at least one local government.
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At the June 18 city commission meeting, Eveillard brought up a motion to have the finance director plan to raise commissioner salaries to $40,000 annually, much to the chagrin of Mayor Felicia Brunson and Commissioner Brandon Smith.
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Noun
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Richter agreed, expressing disappointment about the ways in which clean energy has become politicized.—
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There’s something beautiful about learning to get over that disappointment and all these expectations others have for us.—
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His heart was racing, his breathing distressed.—
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His heart was racing, his breathing distressed.—
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France had been humiliated in 1871 by Prussia in a foolish war of its own making, and Dreyfus, accused of passing military secrets to the Germans, was a convenient scapegoat in a time of national malaise.—
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Leno later said he felt humiliated by Kimmel’s jibe.—
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While the frustration with the start of his season was valid, Williams may have gotten back on course against the Cowboys.—
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Parsons’ frustration with the process throughout training camp likely factored into the final decision.—
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For more than a century, scientists have documented how rising fossil fuel emissions increase heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, upsetting the natural balance and warming the planet.—
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In a calmer state, your stress doesn’t come out sideways and upset your children.—
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The code, though, is currently often replete with disconcerting troubles.—
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The Federal Reserve is meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday to determine the appropriate monetary policy that can both address both inflation risks alongside the increasingly disconcerting state of the U.S. labor market.—
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According to Lucas Walsh, professor of youth politics at Monash University, economic insecurity is a central factor in growing dissatisfaction with democracy among the youngest voters.—
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While dissatisfaction with the country is up, Trump’s approval rating stayed steady in September compared to August, Gallup found.—
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By the end of the program, Stewart argued Trump was less like a sick child making final wishes, but rather like the six-year-old with terrible powers in the eighth episode of the third season of The Twilight Zone, who can banish those he is displeased by to a cornfield.—
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Lawmakers, understandably, were displeased.—
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“Chagrin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrin. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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