word | chagrin |
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sentence | “Indeed! My mistress told me that you were likely to call. She left this morning with her husband by the 5:15 train from Charing Cross for the Continent.” “What!” Sherlock Holmes staggered back, white with chagrin and surprise. |
definition | [noun] 1. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. 2. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface. [verb] 1. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify. 2. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed. [adjective] (obsolete) Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.[17th to 18th centuries.] |
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