| chagrin | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. chagrin, humiliation, mortification | strong feelings of embarrassment. |
| ~ embarrassment | the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| ~ demolish, crush, smash | humiliate or depress completely.; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" |
| ~ demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" |
| pique | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pique | tightly woven fabric with raised cords. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. irritation, pique, temper | a sudden outburst of anger.; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" |
| ~ vexation, annoyance, chafe | anger produced by some annoying irritation. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. offend, pique | cause to feel resentment or indignation.; "Her tactless remark offended me" |
| ~ resent | feel bitter or indignant about.; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" |
| ~ anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
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