It's the Word of the Day podcast for May 20th.
Today's word is chagrin, spelled C-H-A-G-R-I-N.
Chagrin is a noun.
It refers to a feeling of frustration or annoyance caused by failure or disappointment.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the LA Times.
Hundreds of fans, decked out in Dodger blue, crammed into Tokyo Haneda Airport's arrival hall,
dreaming of pointing at and snapping a photo of the team or their favorite player.
To their chagrin, the airport constructed partitions that blocked any view of the squad.
Despite what its second syllable may lead one to believe,
chagrin has nothing to do with grinning or amusement.
Quite the opposite, in fact.
Chagrin, which almost always appears in phrases such as to his or her or their chagrin,
refers to the distress one feels following a humiliation, disappointment, or failure.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the words French ancestor, the adjective chagrin, means sad.
What may be surprising is that the noun form of the French chagrin,
meaning sorrow or grief, can also refer to a rough, untanned leather.
and is itself a modification of the Turkish word sagri, meaning leather from the rump of a horse.
This chagrin gave English the word chagrin,
which can refer to such leather or to the rough skin of various sharks and rays.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.