CHAGRIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chagrin mean? 

• CHAGRIN (noun)
  The noun CHAGRIN has 1 sense:

1. strong feelings of embarrassment

  Familiarity information: CHAGRIN used as a noun is very rare.

• CHAGRIN (verb)
  The verb CHAGRIN has 1 sense:

1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

  Familiarity information: CHAGRIN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAGRIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong feelings of embarrassment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

chagrin; humiliation; mortification

Hypernyms ("chagrin" is a kind of...):

embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)

Derivation:

chagrin (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)

• CHAGRIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they chagrin    ... he / she / it chagrins   
Past simple: chagrined   
Past participle: chagrined   
-ing form: chagrining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify

Context example:

He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

Hypernyms (to "chagrin" is one way to...):

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chagrin"):

crush; smash (humiliate or depress completely)

degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to chagrin Sue

Derivation:

chagrin (strong feelings of embarrassment)

 Context examples 

In her own past behaviour, there was a constant source of vexation and regret; and in the unhappy defects of her family, a subject of yet heavier chagrin.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“What!” Sherlock Holmes staggered back, white with chagrin and surprise. “Do you mean that she has left England?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Many were the complaints below, and great the chagrin of the head cook at her failures.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Van Helsing did not seem to notice my silence; at any rate, he showed neither chagrin nor triumph.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

To my amused chagrin, he discovered my shoes on the forecastle head and brought them back with him into the galley.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If you are in sales, you may be upset to hear that your quota will rise or that it already rose several months ago (much to your chagrin), and now you will see the outcome.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It turns from me; it will not suffer further scrutiny; it seems to deny, by a mocking glance, the truth of the discoveries I have already made,—to disown the charge both of sensibility and chagrin: its pride and reserve only confirm me in my opinion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Oona made no effort to hide her surprise and chagrin that Ivan was not dead, but went on: In the day I saw thee a coward; in the night, when all men fought, even the boys not yet hunters, I saw thee not and knew thee doubly a coward.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Altogether, look as I would, there was nothing remarkable about the man save his blazing red head, and the expression of extreme chagrin and discontent upon his features.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)