Chagrined (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The singer was chagrined when she realized her mic wasn't working during the live performance.
- After forgetting his wedding anniversary, John felt chagrined when his wife showed him the gift she had bought him the previous year.
- Sarah was visibly chagrined as she tripped on the stairs in front of her new coworkers.
- When he realized his teammates were making fun of him, Jack looked chagrined and excused himself from the room.
- Lily was chagrined by the huge error she made in her company's annual report that everyone would be seeing soon.