chagrin

Oh, and it won’t be called the LUV Shack, much to my colleague Aly Sider’s chagrin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The possibility of a rematch was also floated, with Mayer also suggesting Cameron had benefited from home advantage – to the champion's chagrin, as she said "talk is cheap".

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

She turned around and began to dry her hands briskly on the dish towel, and to Pearl’s chagrin her mother’s face was suddenly stiff and closed in.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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 perceived the chagrins from which they secretly suffered—the tears behind the laughter.

From The Prodigal Returns by Lilian Staveley

And yet I have my disappointments, my chagrins.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various

Lucky youth, devoid of cares, responsibilities, and chagrins!

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

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

A rather chagrined Mr Ko told a room full of reporters that he had been tricked into the agreement - and that he should not have negotiated with the KMT alone, without any advisers present.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023

"My lady," he said, chagrined that he had not heard her enter.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

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 Edward Stratemeyer

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