Chagrin — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

strong feelings of embarrassment

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈeɪkt/

🇬🇧British English

/sɪbˈəʊlə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sɪbˈəʊlə/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈeɪkt/.

Examples

He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mortification humble humiliate abase mortify humiliation

Parts of Speech

noun	strong feelings of embarrassment
verb	cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”

Word Forms

chagrin	verb	cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
humiliate	verb	cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
mortify	verb	cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
humiliation	noun	state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
mortification	noun	strong feelings of embarrassment
chagrin	noun	strong feelings of embarrassment
abasement	noun	depriving one of self-esteem

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ärger

starke Gefühle der Verlegenheit

🇫🇷French

dépit

forts sentiments de gêne

🇪🇸Spanish

disgusto

fuertes sentimientos de vergüenza

🇮🇹Italian

dispiacere

forti sentimenti di imbarazzo

🇳🇱Dutch

verdriet

sterke gevoelens van schaamte

🇵🇹Portuguese

desgosto

fortes sentimentos de constrangimento

🇷🇺Russian

огорчение

сильное чувство смущения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिढ़

शर्मिंदगी की तीव्र भावनाएँ

🇧🇩Bengali

মন খারাপ

বিব্রতকর তীব্র অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

வருத்தம்

சங்கடத்தின் வலுவான உணர்வுகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

దుఃఖం

ఇబ్బంది యొక్క బలమైన భావాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

मनस्ताप

लज्जास्पद भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચીડ

અકળામણની મજબૂત લાગણીઓ

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುಃಖ

ಮುಜುಗರದ ಬಲವಾದ ಭಾವನೆಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരിഭ്രമം

നാണക്കേടിൻ്റെ ശക്തമായ വികാരങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ

ਸ਼ਰਮਿੰਦਗੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

پریشان

شرمندگی کے مضبوط احساسات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

懊恼

强烈的尴尬感

🇯🇵Japanese

残念

強い恥ずかしさの感情

🇰🇷Korean

억울함

강한 당혹감

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thất vọng

cảm giác xấu hổ mạnh mẽ

🇹🇭Thai

ความผิดหวัง

ความรู้สึกลำบากใจอย่างรุนแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengecewakan

perasaan malu yang kuat

🇵🇭Filipino

sama ng loob

malakas na damdamin ng kahihiyan

🇲🇾Malay

rasa kecewa

perasaan malu yang kuat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحزن

مشاعر قوية من الإحراج

🇮🇷Persian

ناراحتی

احساس خجالت قوی

🇹🇷Turkish

üzüntü

güçlü utanç duyguları

🇮🇱Hebrew

דִכדוּך

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