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Webster 1913 Edition

Chagrin

Cha-grin′

,
Noun.
[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.
I must own that I felt rather vexation and
chagrin
than hope and satisfaction.
Richard Porson.
“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.

Cha-grin′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chagrined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chargrining
.]
[Cf. F.
chagriner
See
Chagrin
,
Noun.
]
To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify;
as, he was not a little
chagrined
.

Cha-grin′

,
Verb.
I.
To be vexed or annoyed.
Fielding.

Cha-grin′

,
Adj.
Chagrined.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chagrin

CHAGRIN

,
Noun.
Ill-humor; vexation; peevishness; fretfulness.

CHAGRIN

,
Verb.
T.
To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify.

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