chagrin

About 0.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification.

   much to the chagrin (of)

2. noun A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.
3. verb To bother or vex; to mortify.
4. verb To be vexed or annoyed.
5. adjective Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

mortification humiliate humiliation abase mortify humble dismay embarrassment grief sorrow

Often followed by

of and at that falls to when was in

Word family

chagrined chagrining chagrinned chagrinning chagrins