noun
- feelings of disappointment, embarrassment, or annoyance caused by failure or humiliation
Usage: plural of chagrin
verb
- causes someone to feel disappointed, embarrassed, or annoyed
Usage: third person singular present tense of chagrin
Examples
- Her repeated chagrins at losing the competition made her consider quitting.
- The student’s chagrins over poor test scores motivated him to study harder.
- It chagrins me that I forgot such an important appointment.
- The coach’s criticism chagrins the players but helps them improve.
- Nothing chagrins her more than being late to meetings.
- His constant mistakes were sources of deep chagrins for the perfectionist.
- The error chagrins the usually careful accountant.