Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, n. [F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular
kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used
for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding
grief. See Shagreen.]
Vexation; mortification.
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I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than
hope and satisfaction. --Richard
Porson.
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Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. --Pope.
Syn: Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness;
disgust; disquiet.
Usage: Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words
agree in the general sense of pain produced by
untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of
disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous
causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc.
Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that
keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or
humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the
cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen
leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in
meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state
of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense
of mortification. "Vexation arises chiefly from our
wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from
our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a
mixture of the two." --Crabb.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chagrined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Chargrining.] [Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n.]
To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a
little chagrined.
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Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, v. i.
To be vexed or annoyed. --Fielding.
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Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, a.
Chagrined. --Dryden.
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chagrin
n : strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: humiliation, mortification]
v : cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
humiliate, mortify, humble, abase]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "chagrin":
abash, abashment, cast down, confound, confuse, confusion,
discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert,
disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, distress,
disturbance, embarrass, embarrassment, mortification, mortify,
put out, throw into confusion, upset
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abase, humble, humiliate, humiliation, mortification, mortify
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