chagrined
shuh grind
- v cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- s feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
chagrined at the poor sales of his book
- Reagan's advisers have been sufficiently chagrined to seek a remedy.
- The gun was stolen out of his car and a spokesman for Kerlikowske said the chief was "chagrined.
- Woodward, understandably, was chagrined; very, very rich for a working print journalist (Plan of Attack, like most Woodward books, was a best seller), but chagrined nonetheless.