chagrin
playWhat It Means
Chagrin refers to "a distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure."
// To the chef's chagrin, the sauce was too sweet.
chagrin in Context
"Baseball has invested a lot to keep casual fans interested. It has changed rules, to the chagrin of old-school fans like me, to shorten games." — Paul Muschick, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 6 Mar. 2022
Did You Know?
Chagrin comes from French, in which it means "grief," "sorrow," or essentially the same thing as English's chagrin, and in which it is also an adjective meaning "sad."
Quiz
Fill in the blanks to complete a word for an expression of disapproval or disappointment: r _ _ r _ ac _.
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