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Chagrin Mistress Told Call Left Morning Husband Train

word chagrin
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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