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Chagrin   /ʃəgrˈɪn/   Listen
noun
Chagrin  n.  Vexation; mortification. "I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction." "Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin."
Synonyms: Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet. 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."



verb
Chagrin  v. t.  (past & past part. chagrined; pres. part. chargrining)  To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.



Chagrin  v. i.  To be vexed or annoyed.



adjective
Chagrin  adj.  Chagrined.






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"Chagrin" Quotes from Famous Books



... early in November, Mr. Underwood himself measuring and marking the course for the runners and Mr. Britton acting as starter. The result was a victory for Darrell, who came out more than a yard ahead of his opponent, somewhat to the chagrin of the latter, who had won quite a local reputation ...
— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour

... desolate Beach; chagrin at coming; and then, presto, upon the jaded vision:—blue, sunny water, white-sailed boat, beautiful nymph. Great heavens, ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... advance and the enemy is coming. Go out and fulfill your mission. You may have had a letter committed to your care, and after some days you find it in one of your pockets, you forgot to deliver it. Great was your chagrin when you found that it pertained to some sickness or trouble. God gives every man a letter of warning or invitation to carry, and what will be your chagrin in the judgment to find ...
— Around The Tea-Table • T. De Witt Talmage

... Saturn is surpassing. It reaches a higher degree of perfection than any of the myriad types of beauty on this enchanting world. When I first opened my eyes on these scenes, I imagined that I had reached Heaven, but, to my chagrin, I soon found the black marks of sin that ...
— Life in a Thousand Worlds • William Shuler Harris

... deducted from the price of the goods which we delivered, to supply them with provisions, and give a free passage to those who wished to return to Canada over land. The American colors were hauled down from the factory, and the British run up, to the no small chagrin and mortification of those who ...
— Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific • Gabriel Franchere


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