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How to pronounce chagrin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms humiliation, mortification
Type of embarrassment
Type Words
Synonyms abase, humble, humiliate, mortify
Type of wound, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite
Has types disgrace, smash, take down, put down, crush, degrade, demean

Examples of chagrin

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Much to the chagrin of his Braille instructors, Ben refuses to use a white cane.
From the sacbee.com
To the chagrin of neighbors, camera crews began to flood the residential street.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Looking back at the awards season of 1998-99, it's hard not to feel some chagrin.
From the time.com
To the chagrin of American competitors, it soon replaced the venerable Colt 45.
From the washingtonpost.com
I have been focused on that, much to some other people's chagrin, like a laser.
From the suntimes.com
He came prepared with a three-page typed speech, much to the chagrin of Budinger.
From the signonsandiego.com
Bill's chagrin notwithstanding, the campaign was turning into one fantastic tale.
From the washingtonpost.com
Didn't he see the public chagrin of celebrities when they've admitted cheating?
From the usatoday.com
Jack Savidge, the mild-mannered drummer of Friendly Fires, is red with chagrin.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Humiliate: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
  • Strong feelings of embarrassment
  • Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification; A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.^[3]; To bother or vex; to mortify
  • A feeling of embarrassment or annoyance because one has failed or been disappointed; mortification.
  • (shu'grin) Noun & Verb - Acute disappointment or annoyance
  • What Edward Cullen does. Apparently, it's a verb. (Ex: I watched my Adonis-like, marble skinned, sparkly vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen chagrin at me with chagrin.)