Definition of "chagrining" []

• Present participle of chagrin. (verb)

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• "Since many states had decided to send delegates because Washington was on the Virginia delegation, his absence would be “chagrining.”"
• "It was chagrining to reflect that in her own context she had been quite as spoiled as Bobby was in his."
• "My thrice-weekly email from the fabulous folks at Brooklyn Based was both exciting and chagrining this morning: a new bookstore in Brooklyn!"