chagrin

The Moneyist tackles a thorny question after a woman’s longtime partner died and left her his house — much to the chagrin of his grown children from a past marriage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 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

“This expansion is constantly being delayed, much to the chagrin of the business community and consumers,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

And if they used a bit more salt than necessary those first few weeks, much to the chagrin of the neighborhood’s ghosts, the mother did not complain.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

Chateaubriand, embittered by the chagrins of political life, welcomed her with the old enthusiasm.

From The Women of the French Salons by Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

Their two is not the real two, their four not the real four: so that every word they say chagrins us and we know not where to begin to set them right.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe

But while durian lovers feast, Malaysian farmers are chagrined.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Scott was chagrined, she says, both because she had scheduled many meetings during other people’s dinner hours and because she hadn’t considered that fathers also want to have meals with their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

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

When I didn’t say anything, he added, “Astonished, chagrined, and saddened.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

Vouchsafing a brief condescending glance and a rough "How are you," Mr. Bagley led the way into the eating-house, Davenport chagrinned on Larcher's account, and Larcher stricken dumb by the stranger's outrage upon his self-esteem.

From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Robert Neilson Stephens

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

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