chagrin
shuh-GRINnounMeaning annoyance mixed with embarrassment, often after a failure
Memory hook a SHAKY GRIN: sha-GRIN. Felix slips in a puddle right in front of the whole bus stop, gets up red-faced and cross, and forces a shaky grin; that sour, embarrassed feeling is chagrin.
To his chagrin, Felix discovered he had worn mismatched shoes to the job interview.
In context Much to the chef’s chagrin, the judges praised his rival’s simple soup and barely tasted the fancy dessert he had worked on all week.
Similar embarrassment, vexation, annoyance, mortification
Opposite delight, pride
From French chagrin, “sad, grief.”