chagrin

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I've hijacked a couple of components at Game Closure in Clojure, much to the chagrin of our CTO.

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strong feelings of embarrassment

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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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chagrin.

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"

See also: humiliate, mortify, humble, abase

Example sentences

I've hijacked a couple of components at Game Closure in Clojure, much to the chagrin of our CTO.

I didn't support IE until, much to my chagrin, I discovered about 30% of my hits were from IE.

It's unclear to me what Dropbox will do. Meanwhile, if Google doesn't like a public photo, I can lose my Google Account, as photogs have found to their chagrin.

I accidentally let my son play through all of Shadow of the Colossus with me, much to my wife's chagrin.

[1] And I write that, with chagrin, as a participant here who previously submitted an opinion piece by the author to Hacker News, where it reached the front page and sparked a lot of discussion.