Pronunciation

[bednobs]

how would you pronounce chagrined in a sentence.
I used it today and pronounced it shA-grinned and got a look from several people
is it chay-grinned? something else?

[aelmpvw]

https://www.howtopronounce.com/chagrined#:~:text=Phonetic%20spelling%20of%20chagrined,cha-grined%20shuh-grin%20cha-grined%20chag-rined

[mallyh]

if you google how to pronounce chagrinned you are right but the americans pronounce in differently .

[dannyk13]

//americans pronounce in differently .//
As they do with a lot of words.

[carolegif]

Chagranned. With the A prounced like French, as it is a French word.

[Vagus]

I pronounce it the same as you bednobs, never heard it pronounced any other way (not that Ive heard it said very often).

[roadman]

tomato tomato

[elliemay1]

I'm with you on it bednobs

[gingejbee]

Don't think I'd ever use it as a verb ...but pronounce it as carolgif has indicated, just like a Frenchie would.

[Peter Pedant]

long (ay) or (ar) - really needs a spelling charge

and sh

I suppose the gazers didnt want collectively to say sh+g. Girlies. French I wouldda thought was sh-gran

shay-grin may make ME grin ! ter daah

[Peter Pedant]

The Americans go in for the short to long vowel change
present ( prezznt) as preeezent

trachea ( truh-key-uk) as tray-kya

weird - remember dictionaries in English record use ( including wrong use, er if it is used)

[douglas9401]

I was mulling something similar on the long drive North this morning.

Ambience and ambient.
Then I finished mulling and went on to muse.

[davebro]

I have not and probably never will use the word in the OP!

[bednobs]

and i probably wont use it again now!

[jno]

preeezent as in preeezent arms, no doubt?

[Peter Pedant]

banal as bay-null
really WILL get them staring
and then ( if you are a man)
you can pretend do your flies, and say
well if you are staring, look at this!

[jno]

also I think Americans use "presently" to mean "now" rather than "soon" as the British do.