Definition of Chagrining

1. Verb. (present participle of chagrin) ¹

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Definition of Chagrining

1. chagrin [v] - See also: chagrin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chagrining

chaffy
chafing
chafing dish
chafing dishes
chafing gear
chaft
chafts
chagan
chagans
chagas cardiomyopathy
chagasic myocardiopathy
chagoma
chagreen
chagrin
chagrined
chagrining (current term)
chagrinned
chagrinning
chagrins
chai
chaidamuite
chain
chain-compensated spirometer
chain-smoke
chain-smoked
chain-smoker
chain-smokers
chain-smokes
chain-smoking
chain armor

Literary usage of Chagrining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1879)
"... as they do now, with a gayety of dress, importance of air, and grandeur of equipage, very chagrining to the impoverished inhabitants, who maintain them. ..."

2. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1890)
"Nothing can be conceived more chagrining, than for an officer to see himself destitute of every necessary, while another, not only in the service of the ..."

3. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1880)
"Indeed, the delay has been extremely injurious and chagrining to me, and has most effectually operated as a punishment much more severe than I deserved, ..."

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