chagrin
16
8.2
- noun
- /ʃəˈɡrɪn/
:
disgusto
- To her chagrin, she realized she had forgotten her best friend's birthday.
- much to my chagrin
I misread the product page and thought it said Geodude and much to my chagrin it did not.
- I misread the product page and thought it said Geodude and much to my chagrin it did not.
- And to his chagrin, sadly, he's watching the butterfly on the branch.
- I remember going to Jamaica with my friend Joe Minakawa, who I'm looking at right now, much to the chagrin of my mother, if she ever knew this.
- And husbands, for their part, may find to their chagrin that being financially dependent isn't exactly a turn on.
- Much to my parents chagrin, I have plenty of extra space for more shopping adventures in the future.
- Many of my students, to my chagrin, have ended up in projects where the aim is to teach low income people of colour what to eat or how to grow food.
- And the results of the mathematics of string theory, much to the chagrin of the string theorists, just permitted this vast, vast landscape of possibilities.
Examples
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To Julia's chagrin, the two would travel the country, accepting the spotlight.
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Much to my parents chagrin, I have plenty of extra space for more shopping adventures in the future.
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Yet, much to his chagrin, the flag issue refused to die.
Academic text (2008) -
I enrolled at Columbia University in New York, much to the chagrin of Mother and everybody else I knew.
Fiction book (2001) -
Much to his chagrin, the association felt that local whites would not provide enough backing.
Academic text (2008) -
Much to her chagrin, she cannot stop thinking, "I don't want to be married anymore."
Academic text (2014) -
When I opened it, I discovered, to my chagrin, that the cereal was stale.
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Much to my father's chagrin, I rejected Harvard Law and remained at Princeton.
Fiction book (1996) -
Instead, Masters was agitated and irritable, much to the chagrin of the rest of the crew.
Fiction book (1991) -
Much to the Ford's chagrin, they became the subject of mockery and ridicule as the local monster story was shot down by skeptics.
Synonyms
292
1.0
A sad feeling about a past action, a loss, or a missed chance
148
4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
49
3.4
A sudden strong feeling of worry or shock caused by something unexpected
16
6.5
A feeling of disappointment when something is not as good as you hoped
2
8.6
A strong feeling of shame or deep embarrassment
A strong feeling of shame and deep disappointment
A feeling of being embarrassed and confused by something unexpected
A sudden feeling of embarrassment and confusion when something unexpected happens
A feeling of being sad, angry, or worried after bad news
Antonyms
How Distressed
2
8.6
- Offensive
148
4.2
219
3.1
16
8.2
26
2.8
27
3.6
28
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chagrin comes from French chagrin, which meant 'sorrow' or 'distress' and is like a small 'grief' or inner sting when things go wrong, so chagrin means the unhappy, embarrassed feeling after a failure or disappointment.