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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.

Definition 2024

chagrin

chagrin

English

Noun

chagrin ‎(countable and uncountable, plural chagrins)

  1. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
    • 1876, Louisa May Alcott, Rose In Bloom, ch. 8:
      [H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace:
      “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”
  2. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.[3]

Usage notes

  • Often used in the form to one’s chagrin.

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Descendants

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Verb

chagrin ‎(third-person singular simple present chagrins, present participle chagrining, simple past and past participle chagrined)

  1. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
    She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
  2. (intransitive) To be vexed or annoyed.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fielding to this entry?)

Usage notes

  • The verb form is rarely found in other than passive voice.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/cent2jpgframes.php?volno=02&page=0909
  2. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chagrin?s=t
  3. ↑ “chagrin”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From chagriner, perhaps from Frankish gram, akin to German Gram[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɡʁɛ̃/

Noun

chagrin m ‎(plural chagrins)

  1. sorrow, grief, chagrin

Adjective

chagrin m ‎(feminine singular chagrine, masculine plural chagrins, feminine plural chagrines)

  1. (literary) despondent, woeful
  2. (literary) disgruntled, morose

Related terms

References

  1. ↑ “chagrin” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Etymology

From French chagrin ‎(“sorrow”), of uncertain origin.

A prevalent theory in many dictionaries is that it came from a metaphorical use of Old French chagrin ‎(“a type of roughened leather”),[1] with the connection of roughness.

Another theory, due to Gamillscheg, is that it derives from Old French graigne ‎(“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim ‎(“sorrowful”), perhaps related to Old High German gram ‎(“angry, fierce”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/
  • (US) enPR: shə-grĭn', IPA(key): /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/

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