Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
[formal, written]
Much to his father's chagrin, Al had no taste for further education.
Synonyms: annoyance, embarrassment, humiliation, dissatisfaction More Synonyms of chagrin
More Synonyms of chagrin
chagrin in British English
(ˈʃæɡrɪn)
noun
1.
a feeling of annoyance or mortification
verb(transitive)
2.
to embarrass and annoy; mortify
Derived forms
chagrined (ˈchagrined) or chagrinned (ˈchagrinned)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from French chagrin, chagriner, of unknown origin
chagrin in American English
(ʃəˈgrɪn; British ˈʃægrɪn)
noun
1.
a feeling of embarrassment and annoyance because one has failed or been disappointed; mortification
verb transitiveWord forms: chaˈgrined or chaˈgrining
2.
to cause to feel chagrin; embarrass and annoy; mortify
usually in the passive voice
SIMILAR WORDS: aˈshamed
Word origin
Fr, grief, sorrow, vexation, prob. < Norm chagreiner, to become gloomy (said of the weather) < OFr graignier, to sorrow < graim, sorrowful < Frank *gram
Examples of 'chagrin' in a sentence
chagrin
Lyttelton "could have cried with chagrin and disappointment '.
Simon Ball THE GUARDSMEN (2004)
King Jerome took no notice of her annoyance and chagrin.
Christina Dodd SOMEDAY MY PRINCE (1999)
But to my chagrin I kept feeling a certain irritation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To his surprise and his parents' chagrin, he landed a job.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
(noun)
Definition
a feeling of annoyance and disappointment
Much to his chagrin, she didn't remember him at all.
Synonyms
annoyance
To her annoyance the stranger did not go away.
embarrassment
We apologize for any embarrassment this statement may have caused.
humiliation
He suffered the humiliation of bankruptcy.
dissatisfaction
job dissatisfaction among teachers
disquiet
displeasure
displeasure at the slow pace of change
mortification
The chairman tried to hide his mortification.
discomfiture
I have never found pleasure in another's discomfiture.
vexation
He kicked the broken machine in vexation.
discomposure
irritation
For the first time he felt irritation at her methods.
spleen
ill-humour
peevishness
fretfulness
(verb)
He was chagrined at missing such an easy goal.
Synonyms
annoy
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
embarrass
He is always embarrassing me in public.
humiliate
His teacher continually humiliates him in maths lessons.
disquiet
She was obviously disquieted by the experience.
vex
Everything about that man vexes me.
displease
He did not wish to displease her.
mortify
His dancing always mortified his friends.
discomfit
She will be discomfited by the dismissal of her plan.
dissatisfy
discompose
irritate
Their attitude irritates me.
irk
The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
peeve
Additional synonyms
in the sense of discomfit
Definition
to make uneasy or confused
She will be discomfited by the dismissal of her plan.
Synonyms
embarrass,
unsettle,
disconcert,
confuse,
rattle (informal),
flurry,
ruffle,
confound,
perplex,
unnerve,
take aback,
fluster,
perturb,
faze,
demoralize,
take the wind out of someone's sails,
abash,
discompose
in the sense of discomfiture
I have never found pleasure in another's discomfiture.