chagrin
noun
[ ˈʃaɡrɪn ]
• annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.
• "to my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen"
Similar:
annoyance,
irritation,
vexation,
exasperation,
displeasure,
pique,
spleen,
crossness,
anger,
rage,
fury,
wrath,
dissatisfaction,
discontent,
indignation,
resentment,
umbrage,
disgruntlement,
rankling,
smarting,
distress,
discomposure,
discomfiture,
disquiet,
fretfulness,
frustration,
embarrassment,
mortification,
humiliation,
shame,
aggravation,
ire,
chagrin
verb
• feel distressed or humiliated.
• "he was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him"
Similar:
annoyed,
irritated,
cross,
angry,
vexed,
exasperated,
irked,
piqued,
displeased,
put out,
fed up,
disgruntled,
in a bad mood,
in a temper,
testy,
in high dudgeon,
huffy,
in a huff,
resentful,
aggrieved,
furious,
irate,
infuriated,
incensed,
enraged,
wrathful,
choleric,
aggravated,
peeved,
nettled,
miffed,
miffy,
mad,
riled,
hacked off,
peed off,
hot under the collar,
foaming at the mouth,
browned off,
cheesed off,
brassed off,
not best pleased,
narked,
ratty,
shirty,
eggy,
teed off,
ticked off,
sore,
bent out of shape,
snaky,
crook,
vex,
ireful,
snuffy,
wrath,
pissed off,
pissed,
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘melancholy’): from French chagrin (noun), literally ‘rough skin, shagreen’, chagriner (verb), of unknown origin.
