chagrined
chagrined · more chagrined · most chagrined
Feeling chagrin; vexed; fretfulFeeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
UK/ˈʃæɡɹɪnd/US/ʃəˈɡɹɪnd/
Meaning
1 sensesFeeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
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.
More definitions
- feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
Forms
more chagrined, most chagrined| Comparative | more chagrined Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most chagrined Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed:abashedembarrassed
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedunchagrined
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form