Chagrin.
Synonyms:
| confusion, | discomposure, | humiliation, | shame, |
| disappointment, | dismay, | mortification, | vexation. |
Chagrin unites disappointment with some degree of humiliation. A rainy day may bring disappointment; needless failure in some enterprise brings chagrin. Shame involves the consciousness of fault, guilt, or impropriety; chagrin of failure of judgment, or harm to reputation. A consciousness that one has displayed his own ignorance will cause him mortification, however worthy his intent; if there was a design to deceive, the exposure will cover him with shame.
Antonyms:
delight, exultation, glory, rejoicing, triumph.
Prepositions:
He felt deep chagrin at (because of, on account of) failure.