CHAGRIN
chagrin, humiliation, mortification
(noun) strong feelings of embarrassment
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chagrin (countable and uncountable, plural chagrins)
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
Synonyms: disquiet, fretfulness, mortification, peevishness, vexation
A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.
Synonym: shagreen
Usage notes
Often used in the form to one’s chagrin.
Verb
chagrin (third-person singular simple present chagrins, present participle chagrining, simple past and past participle chagrined)
(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
(reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.
Usage notes
The verb form is now mainly used in the passive voice.
Adjective
chagrin (comparative more chagrin, superlative most chagrin)
(obsolete) Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.[17th to 18th centuries.]
Synonyms
• chagrined
Anagrams
• Charing, arching, chargin', charing
Source: Wiktionary
Cha*grin", n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: Vexation; mortification. I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. Richard Porson. Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope.
Syn.
– 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 fron 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 fron our wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a mixture of the two." Crabb.
Cha*grin", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chagrined; p. pr. & vb. n. Chargrining.] Etym: [Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n.]
Definition: To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
Cha*grin", v. i.
Definition: To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding.
Cha*grin", a.
Definition: Chagrined. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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