chagrined

/ʃˈæɡɹɪnd/

/ʃəˈɡɹɪnd/

[adjective]

chagrined

[ADJECTIVE]

feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

synonyms : abashed

embarrassed

Examples

1. When we think about the battles of the American Revolution, we tend to think about battles like Lexington and Concord, where the Read Coats are very chagrined to find these Yankee rascals slithering around on their bellies and firing at them from behind trees and rocks and doing all sorts of other things that were considered to be not quite cricket.

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