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chagrining

adjective more chagrining · most chagrining · chagrinning

  1. Annoying, vexing. 1780, George Washington, Letter to the President of Congress, in Jared Sparks (ed.), The Writings of George Washington, New York: Harper, 1847, Volume 7, pp. 11-12, Nothing can be conceived more chagrining, than for an officer to see himself destitute of every necessary, while another, not only in t

verb chagrinning

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of chagrin

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@misc{chagrining_2026,
  title = {chagrining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chagrining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}