
chagrin
/ʃəˈɡɹɪn/
distress or embarrassment at having failed
chagrin in a sentence
“Much to his chagrin, he arrived at the wrong venue.”
Origin of chagrin
French chagrin melancholy, anxiety, possibly from Turkish sağrı rump of a horse (rough leather)
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