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chagrined

[ US /ʃəˈɡɹɪnd/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈæɡɹɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
    felt abashed at the extravagant praise
    chagrined at the poor sales of his book
    was embarrassed by her child's tantrums

How To Use chagrined In A Sentence

  • But it never seems to have occurred to the court of committees that there was any danger to be apprehended from the Dutch, so that they were all the more astonished and chagrined at the failure to establish trade with the Moluccas, where the natives were so friendly to the The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11
  • When I came downstairs and found the door open, I was a bit chagrined, and instantly declared, like a million men before me, that I Was Not Going to Pay For Heating The Whole Outdoors.
  • chagrined at the poor sales of his book
  • Immense amounts of money were squandered, reputations were tarnished, and the consumer was left, as is so often the case, chagrined, puzzled, shortchanged, miffed.
  • By the faintly chagrined expression on his face, Darius could very safely assume that Asgard had received a similar reproof.
  • I rented ‘Almost Famous,’ and was chagrined to read that an enhanced director's cut edition is en route.
  • I'm chagrined to see this morning that although Blogger says everything is hunky dory with my posts, I can't see them on the public website - which is what led to the post below.
  • In fact, Williams was chagrined that Acuff-Rose bought the songwriting credits from Mulligan and throughout his life, Williams aided Mulligan financially to make up for it.
  • ‘I'm sure they were chagrined that I didn't endorse the ticket,’ he says.
  • I have been extremely distressed by the religious and ethnic violence that is widespread in certain parts of Indonesia and am chagrined that the government has not seen fit to protect innocent Indonesian citizens from that violence.
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