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# chagrin

«chagrin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling of being annoyed and disappointed because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Chagrin is a feeling of being annoyed and disappointed because something has not gone the way you wanted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chagrin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a sour feeling when a plan or hope fails; often used with «to his great chagrin»

### examples

- To his great chagrin, he could find no fault with her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chagrin/#x1)
- She hid her chagrin when she lost the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chagrin/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chagrin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chagrin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.