2. disappointment, frustration, sadness, sorrow, grief; unhappiness, depression, dejection, gloom, prostration, despondency.
3. humiliation, shame, mortification, abasement; embarrassment, discomposure, discomfiture, disconcertion.
-v. 4. vex, annoy, irritate, irk, dismay, perturb, aggravate, exasperate, bother, chafe, rankle, ruffle, nettle.
5. disappoint, sadden, grieve; frustrate, thwart.
6. humiliate, shame, humble, mortify, abase, disgrace; embarrass, abash, disconcert.
chagrined, adj. vexed, annoyed, irritated, put out, irked, aggravated, exasperated, perturbed, dismayed, displeased, ruffled, nettled, bothered; disappointed, frustrated, dejected, downcast, sad, unhappy, despairing, desponding, despondent; humiliated, ashamed, embarrassed, mortified, disgraced, abashed, disconcerted, discomfited, nonplused.
chain, n. 1. bond, binding, restraint, constraint, check, control; tie, interconnection, connection, joining; links, couplings, cable; fob, torque, catena; vinculum, nexus, copula.
2. chains a. bonds, fetters, shackles, manacles, handcuffs, trammels, bilboes, gyves,
b. bondage, servitude, serfdom, helotry, slavery, enslavement; restraint, confinement, captivity, internment, detention, imprisonment, incarceration.
3. series, string, train, course, sequence; concatenation, succession, progression, range, file, line, row; procession, cavalcade, column, set, cycle. -v. 4. fasten, secure, lash, tie, string, bind, gird; enchain, shackle, manacle, handcuff, pinion, put in irons, fetter, tether, entrammel, gyve; hitch, make fast, moor, cable, belay, gird.
5. confine, restrain, encumber, restrict, limit, hamper, pin down, astrict; imprison, incarcerate, pen, cage, coop, entomb, immure.
chair, n. 1. seat, bench, stool, sofa; armchair, fau-teuil, Morris chair, easy chair, wing chair, rocking chair, Inf. rocker, Eames chair, (in ancient Greece) klismos; chairbed, chaise longue; wheelchair. See - bench, stool, sofa, seat.
2. pew, box, loge, stall.
3. throne, dais, bench, cathedra, stool, faldstool, see, office, Brit, woolsack, Anglo-Indian, gaddi.
4. professorship, professorate, instructorship, tutorship, tutorage, Brit, readership, Brit, lectureship.
5. chairman, chairwoman, chairlady, chairperson; presiding officer, speaker, leader, facilitator, moderator; toastmaster, master of ceremonies, Inf. emcee, Inf. M.C.
6. electric chair, SI. hot seat, death seat; electrocution, execution.
-v. 7. seat, install, swear in. See - seat (def. 7).
8. (usu. of meetings) preside, moderate, lead, facilitate, direct, control, manage, oversee, supervise, govern; order, organize, co-ordinate; emcee,
chairman, n. chair, speaker; chairwoman, chairlady, chairperson; moderator, facilitator, leader, toastmaster, master of ceremonies, Inf. emcee; governor, executive, director, supervisor, manager, administrator.