I. noun
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For Crespi, getting lost in natural space led to a moment of chagrin followed by an act of substitution.
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She could sympathize with his chagrin but it was hardly enough to keep him awake at night.
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She glanced round, spotting Terry Lewis on the outer fringes of their circle, an expression of chagrin on his face.
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The company will probably discover, to its chagrin , that it cuts both ways.
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The right is hereditary but I've done nothing about it, slightly to my father's chagrin .
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To his chagrin , only a small crowd turned out to watch him.
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To his senior executives' chagrin , Mr McGovern always flies economy class and is proud of it.
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To the chagrin of congressional leaders, his policy proposals were prepared in secret without consultation with them.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In a preseason game against Jacksonville, Doleman used another move to sack the quarterback that left the Jags' Boselli chagrined.
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Mary was so chagrined that she threw herself into a life of promiscuity.
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We are chagrined, we are contrite and we are genuinely grateful to you for correcting us.
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We four dietitians and our significant others felt especially chagrined.