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Etymologies
- French, possibly from dialectal French chagraigner, to distress, become gloomy, from Old French graim, sorrowful, gloomy, of Germanic origin.
Examples
“Last week, I was surprised (and chagrinned) to learn that despite the widespread, inside-the-beltway knowledge of Senator David Vitter's (R-La.) prostitution scandals, an astonishingly large segment of his statewide electorate had no awareness of his past.”
The Huffington Post: Louisiana Democrats Drop Vitter Prostitution Video Opus
“We were a week early," the chagrinned spokesman told reporters, adding quickly, "As always, better to give a greeting a week early than a week late.”
The Washington Post: U.S. bungles birthday greeting to Queen Elizabeth
“He continues however to sit croaking at Ghent, chagrinned, discontented, and dispirited.”
“| Reply | Permalink pssst - don't tell anyone, but I think the east coast liberal establishment is really chagrinned that a midwesterner is going to be president and will get lot of help from the South getting there.”
Obama Camp: Joint Chiefs Wouldn't Approve Of McCain's Petraeus Attack On Obama
“I remember that press conference very well and Scotty was so chagrinned.”
“Bankers were a little chagrinned for not thinking of it first.”
“You'll recall that John Grogan Marley & Me was chagrinned to discover the newspaper where he worked could and did put out a book of his columns with his name on them against his wishes.”
The Collected Works of --What Do You Mean, 'Term of Copyright'?
“Are you chagrinned or bothered by the fact that the Pistons and Celtics are going head-to-head against you both nights here and could you have gotten together with David Stern and done anything about it?”
“Rocky and I wondered if their parents let them out like that and we were chagrinned to think that the clothes prostitutes wore in the late 70s and 80s are now ordinary fashion for young girls.”
““I got a little carried away,” she confessed with a chagrinned smile.”
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