chagrin

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 30, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>chagrin</strong> &#149; \shuh-GRIN\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><em>Chagrin</em> refers to "a distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure."</p> <p>// To the chef's <em>chagrin</em>, the sauce was too sweet.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chagrin">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Baseball has invested a lot to keep casual fans interested. It has changed rules, to the <em>chagrin</em> of old-school fans like me, to shorten games." — Paul Muschick, <em>The Morning Call</em> (Allentown, Pennsylvania), 6 Mar. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Chagrin</em> comes from French, in which it means "grief," "sorrow," or essentially the same thing as English's <em>chagrin</em>, and in which it is also an adjective meaning "sad."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>