chagrin

Speech parts

1. chagrin - Noun

2. chagrin - Adjective

3. chagrin - Verb

Meaning

Vexation; mortification.

To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.

To be vexed or annoyed.

Chagrined.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mortification humble humiliation humiliate disquiet vexation mortify abase fury deflate aggravation confusion anger upset distress
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Antonyms

adore honor confidence pleasure welfare praise
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Hypernyms

spite wound embarrassment injure offend bruise

Hyponyms

crush degrade smash disgrace demean put down

Derivatives

chagrined chargrining

Anagrams

arching Charing

Examples

Men and women aren't really dogs: they only look like it and behave like it. Somewhere inside there is a great chagrin and a gnawing discontent. D. H. Lawrence

I had a phenomenal memory and could recite long poems by Russian poets, mainly Pushkin. Except for an unusual memory, I was not precocious in any respect and somewhat later, to the chagrin of my father, I was inordinately slow learning the multiplication tables. Mark Kac

I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me! Cy Coleman

Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why. George Thorogood

We were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. It's a nice town, but it's aggressively quaint. They've got a popcorn shop above a waterfall and parades that come through town. It's all-American. Nick Robinson

GNOSTICS, n. A sect of philosophers who tried to engineer a fusion between the early Christians and the Platonists. The former would not go into the caucus and the combination failed, greatly to the chagrin of the fusion managers. Ambrose Bierce

Close letter words and terms

Chagoya chagreen Chagres fever chagrine chagrined chagrining