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
Cindy Watts, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Outside of the Permian, Chevron and Exxon plan to focus much of their growth through oil offshore Guyana, which Exxon discovered a decade ago, now that Chevron bought into the partnership via Hess—much to Exxon’s chagrin and, after legal arbitration, eventual acceptance.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chagrin
Noun
Fan’s performance appears to have chagrined at least one local government.
—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
Verb
When the group got back together in 2013 for a reunion tour, Herndon didn't join them — much to the chagrin of the band's fans.
—Cindy Watts, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Outside of the Permian, Chevron and Exxon plan to focus much of their growth through oil offshore Guyana, which Exxon discovered a decade ago, now that Chevron bought into the partnership via Hess—much to Exxon’s chagrin and, after legal arbitration, eventual acceptance.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chagrin
Noun
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How impressive a comeback Don’t Believe The Truth was in 2005 after the relative disappointment of 2002’s Heathen Chemistry has no bearing on why Oasis’s reunion tour is this year’s hottest ticket.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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This slow adoption stems from a low tolerance for errors, past disappointments with AI and a belief that years of legal training shouldn't be undermined by machine learning—all valid perspectives widely discussed in the industry.—
Matthew Sole,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His heart was racing, his breathing distressed.—
Paul Sisson,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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His heart was racing, his breathing distressed.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Continually moving the goalposts or using testing to humiliate or control can cause relational harm.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Cruz’s rebuttal didn’t touch on Carlson’s claims of frustration with Netanyahu, which former congressman Matt Gaetz said are largely true based on his relationship with Kirk.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, there is already frustration with him as the starter and fans have been asking about when a change could occur.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Will this be the time for Miami to turn around their season with a major upset, or could this be the final game of the McDaniel era?—
Mike Straw,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The tour — which marks Grande’s first tour in six years following her Sweetener World Tour in 2019 — sold out almost immediately during presale and general sale, which upset some fans who couldn’t snag tickets.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This detail, at once tragic and comic, painfully human and stupidly bureaucratic, captures something essential about Schattenfroh, an extremely dark novel about the horrors of modern European history laced with the delirious, disconcerting humor of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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There doesn’t seem to be anything untoward or disconcerting about this interest in physical health and well-being.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Democrats are hoping that growing dissatisfaction with his economic plans can carry them to victory in several key races.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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So, in this aspect, a little dissatisfaction seemed to fuel ambition and effort.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lawmakers, understandably, were displeased.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The death penalty is part of it, but stomping on civil rights is at the heart of it — ruthlessly exploiting anxiety about crime to aim repression at whatever displeases him, from immigration protesters to murderers.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Chagrin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrin. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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