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/ˈʃaɡ.ɹɪn/ · 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)
[H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely.
“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”
I was like that, not in a state of fury but of sadness, when your letter arrived. I began to read it, with the pleasure one feels on hearing oneself attacked by somebody one likes. But when I reached the passage about the ‘sadism’ and ‘demonicalness’ of my persecution of you, my chagrin couldn’t hold out, and gaiety broke through.
And even though their numbers have been halved—that’s the unofficial tally given in one of the strategy sessions—everyone from Sansa to Daenerys to Varys is wondering who is going to rule over which pile of smoking ruins. That’s when the campaigning begins, much to Jon and Dany’s chagrin.
Meet once a year, then part, and then Retiring, wish to meet again.
But since this Infidel Minister knows the folly of these Brags; which he sees destroy’d by the Relations Printed in other Countries: They serve only, for a Subject to augment his Pride; and gives him a Pleasure, the mor to Chagrine and Mortifie the French Ambassador.
[…] though you send at any Time, and even received an unmannerly Answer, do not let a rash Pride drive you to return the Affront, since it is impossible for you to know what at that Instant had chagrin’d their Temper.
Use chagrin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chagrin means A distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification..
Common synonyms include disquiet, fretfulness, mortification, peevishness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
much to the chagrin (of)
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