chagrin
41chagrin — cha|grin [ ʃə grın ] noun uncount FORMAL a feeling of being very annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed: to someone s chagrin: The report finds (much to the chagrin of male drivers) that women are generally safer behind the wheel than men. ╾… …
42chagrin — [[t]ʃæ̱grɪn, AM ʃəgrɪ̱n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with poss Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure. [FORMAL, WRITTEN] One of the first things we did when we moved in, to the chagrin of the… …
43chagrin — 1 noun (U) formal annoyance and disappointment because something has not happened the way you hoped: to sb s chagrin: To the chagrin of the Pentagon, the USSR exploded a nuclear bomb in 1949. 2 verb be chagrined formal to feel annoyed and… …
44chagrin — UK [ˈʃæɡrɪn] / US [ʃəˈɡrɪn] noun [uncountable] formal a feeling of being very annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed to someone s chagrin: The report finds (much to the chagrin of male drivers) that women are generally safer behind the wheel than… …
45chagrin — n. & v. n. acute vexation or mortification. v.tr. affect with chagrin. Etymology: F chagrin(er), of uncert. orig …
46chagrin — I. noun Etymology: French, from chagrin sad Date: circa 1681 disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure II. transitive verb (chagrined; chagrining) Date: 1733 to vex or unsettle by disappointing or… …
47chagrin — 1. noun /ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn,ʃəˈɡɹɪn/ a) Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. [H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded mans chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he… …
48chagrin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mortification, vexation. See dejection, disappointment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mortification, humiliation, dismay, vexation; see embarrassment 1 , shame 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY …
49chagrin — [ ʃagrɪn] noun annoyance or shame at having failed. verb (be chagrined) feel annoyed or ashamed. Origin C17 (in the sense melancholy ): from Fr. chagrin (n.), lit. rough skin, shagreen , chagriner (v.) …
50chagrin — noun Sean showed up at the party, to everyone s chagrin Syn: annoyance, irritation, vexation, exasperation, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discontent; anger, rage, fury, wrath, indignation, resentment; embarrassment, mortification, humiliation,… …
