Get to know Chagrined better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like abashed or embarrassed.
Chagrined meaning
simple past and past participle of chagrin
Synonyms of Chagrined
Using Chagrined
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of chagrin
- Useful related words include: abashed, embarrassed, discomposed.
- In the example corpus, chagrined often appears in combinations such as: chagrined at.
Context around Chagrined
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chagrined
- In this selection, "chagrined" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, employees, slightly, little and sold stand out and add context to how "chagrined" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little chagrined at jackson and am always chagrined at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chagrined" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chagrined
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Procuring a speedy appointment left me slightly chagrined. (8 words)
Investor A, chagrined, sold all of his stock at $6 per share, expecting a big loss. (16 words)
Perhaps I might have been a little chagrined at Jackson's silence, and hence commented inwardly and adversely upon his horsemanship. (21 words)
Councilman Nat Bates remained a proponent of the plan with its projected 17,000 jobs, while the remainder of the council was chagrined at the fact that there was no guarantee that the jobs would go to Richmonders. (38 words)
Olivier and Leigh were chagrined that part of the commercial success of the play lay in audience members attending to see what they believed would be a salacious story, rather than the Greek tragedy that they envisioned. (37 words)
A former Scientist who worked at the church for a decade told me recently that employees chagrined by their insignificance were constantly praying about the “imposition of omission” – religious jargon for everyone forgetting about them. (35 words)
Example sentences (8)
Investor A, chagrined, sold all of his stock at $6 per share, expecting a big loss.
A former Scientist who worked at the church for a decade told me recently that employees chagrined by their insignificance were constantly praying about the “imposition of omission” – religious jargon for everyone forgetting about them.
Chagrined, I started providing simple, straightforward answers in the first few sentences of my responses and burying the details at the bottom (or omitted them entirely).
Procuring a speedy appointment left me slightly chagrined.
Councilman Nat Bates remained a proponent of the plan with its projected 17,000 jobs, while the remainder of the council was chagrined at the fact that there was no guarantee that the jobs would go to Richmonders.
I am always chagrined at the tendency of people to expect that I have a simple, easy gimmick that makes my program function.
Olivier and Leigh were chagrined that part of the commercial success of the play lay in audience members attending to see what they believed would be a salacious story, rather than the Greek tragedy that they envisioned.
Perhaps I might have been a little chagrined at Jackson's silence, and hence commented inwardly and adversely upon his horsemanship.
Common combinations with chagrined
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chagrined at 3×