chagrins
Causes acute embarrassment
Chagrins is the third-person singular verb form of chagrin, meaning to cause distress or embarrassment through disappointment or wounded pride: It chagrins me to admit I was wrong.
Less commonly, chagrins is the plural noun—multiple instances of such distress: the small chagrins of daily life.
Intense shame or embarrassment
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
vexation · discomfiture · shame · frustration · annoyance · distress · wounded pride · deflation
Causes social discomfort
- mortifiesCauses severe embarrassment
- humiliatesCauses painful embarrassment
- dismaysUpsets with dread
- disappointsFails to fulfill hopes
vexes · discomfits · shames · frustrates · annoys · distresses · deflates · upsets
mortification
Intense shame or embarrassment
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
disappointment · vexation · discomfiture · shame · frustration · annoyance · distress · wounded pride · deflation · crestfallen
embarrasses
Causes social discomfort
- mortifiesCauses severe embarrassment
- humiliatesCauses painful embarrassment
- dismaysUpsets with dread
disappoints · vexes · discomfits · shames · frustrates · annoys · distresses · deflates · upsets · disheartens