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chagrined

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈʃæɡɹɪnd/
  • US: /ʃəˈɡɹɪnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: SH AH0 G R IH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
  • 1921, Harold Hunter Armstrong as Henry G. Aikman, Zell, London: Jonathan Cape, Chapter Two, p. 115, “She’ll pay it,” Mr. O’Dell told Mr. Jenks with the chagrined expression of a restrained bulldog.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of chagrin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • felt abashed at the extravagant praise
  • chagrined at the poor sales of his book
  • was embarrassed by her child's tantrums

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abashed, embarrassed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.