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Definition
a bad feeling such as embarrassment, disappointment, or annoyance — especially due to a disconcerting event, mistake or other blow to the ego
- Sherlock Holmes staggered back, white with chagrin and surprise.Adventure I — A Scandal in Bohemia (91% in)
- Altogether, look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and discontent upon his features.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (8% in)
- Sherlock Holmes looked deeply chagrined.Adventure VII — The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (67% in)
There are no more uses of "chagrin" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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