chagrin

[shuh-grin]

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noun

a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.

verb (used with object), cha·grined or cha·grinned, cha·grin·ing or cha·grin·ning.

to vex by disappointment or humiliation: The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.
Obsolete. shagreen(def 1).

Origin of chagrin

1650–60; < French < ?

Related formsun·cha·grined, adjective

Synonyms for chagrin

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1. See shame.

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Related Words for chagrined

annoy, dissatisfy, perturb, peeve, displease, disconcert, irritate, irk, vex, mortify, discomfit, discompose, disquiet, disgrace, dismay, confuse, upset, crush, shame, abash

Examples from the Web for chagrined

Contemporary Examples of chagrined

Liberals excited at the way you take after Alan Greenspan will be chagrined at your critiques of the New Deal.
David Stockman on ‘The Great Deformation’ and Our Economic Doom
Daniel Gross
April 1, 2013
He was wearing a black suit, a silver tie, and a chagrined expression.
Election Night 2012: Fashion of Jubilation And Mourning
Robin Givhan
November 7, 2012
Instead, the Paul Ryan talked about these days on the Hill is withdrawn, conflicted, chagrined, and unavailable.
Paul Ryan Breaks Rank
John Batchelor
September 26, 2010
But I was chagrined when a critic praised some of my dialogue when it was simply a phrase I borrowed from a real-life Chicago pol.
How Blago Made My Novel a True Story
Scott Simon
December 21, 2008

Historical Examples of chagrined

Steve exclaimed, in a chagrined voice, as he stared at his prize.
With Trapper Jim in the North Woods
Lawrence J. Leslie
Chagrined that I could not discover the thing, I went into the library, thinking that it might be there.
The Strolling Saint
Raphael Sabatini
"The very scantiest," returned Gian Maria, in chagrined accents.
Love-at-Arms
Raphael Sabatini
I saw that he was chagrined, angry, but not really heart-hurt.
Melomaniacs
James Huneker
And presently, chagrined with failure, the culprit was before his grandsire.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930
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British Dictionary definitions for chagrined

chagrin

noun

a feeling of annoyance or mortification

verb (tr)

to embarrass and annoy; mortify

Derived Formschagrined, adjective

Word Origin for chagrin

C17: from French chagrin, chagriner, of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for chagrined

chagrin

1660s (implied in chagrined), from chagrin (n.). Related: Chagrined; chagrining.

chagrin

1650s, "melancholy," from French chagrin "melancholy, anxiety, vexation" (14c.), from Old North French chagreiner or Angevin dialect chagraigner "sadden," of unknown origin, perhaps [Gamillscheg] from Old French graignier "grieve over, be angry," from graigne "sadness, resentment, grief, vexation," from graim "sorrowful," of unknown origin, perhaps from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German gram "angry, fierce"). But OED and other sources trace it to an identical Old French word, borrowed into English phonetically as shagreen, meaning "rough skin or hide," of uncertain origin, the connecting notion being "roughness, harshness." Modern sense of "feeling of irritation from disappointment" is 1716.