Chagrin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event: To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.
  • v. To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit: He was chagrined at the poor sales of his book. See Synonyms at embarrass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
  • v. To bother or vex; to mortify.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Vexation; mortification.
  • v. To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify.
  • verb-intransitive. To be vexed or annoyed.
  • adj. Chagrined.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See shagreen.
  • n. Mental disquiet and pain from the failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; mortification; vexation.
  • n. Synonyms Vexation, etc. See mortification.
  • To excite a feeling of chagrin in; vex; mortify.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. strong feelings of embarrassment
  • v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  • Verb Form
    chagrined    chagrining    chagrinned    chagrins   
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    disquiet    disgust    fretfulness    vexation    mortification    peevishness    vex    mortify    chagrined   
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    Allin    Atkin    Begin    Berlin    Boleyn    Bryn    Chin    Finn    Flynn    Gwyn   
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