chagrin

noun
🔊/ˈʃæɡrɪn/
🔊/ʃəˈɡrɪn/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. a feeling of being disappointed or annoyed失望;恼怒;烦恼;懊恼
    • To her chagrin, neither of her sons became doctors.令她失望的是,她的两个儿子都没有当上医生。
    • Jon had discovered parties, wine and women, much to the chagrin of his parents.乔恩发现了聚会,酒和妇女,这让他的父母很生气。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘melancholy’): from French chagrin (noun), literally ‘rough skin, shagreen’, chagriner (verb), of unknown origin.