Both Uses
chagrin
in
Passing, by Nella Larsen
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- Irene was conscious of a sharp intake of breath, but whether it was relief or chagrin that she felt, she herself could not have told.†
p. 24.4 *chagrin = bad feeling such as embarrassment, disappointment, or annoyance
- The chagrin which she had felt at her first failure to subvert this latest manifestation of his discontent had receded, leaving in its wake an uneasy depression.†
p. 65.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(chagrin) a bad feeling such as embarrassment, disappointment, or annoyance -- especially due to a disconcerting event, mistake or other blow to the ego
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)