Chagrin

Chagrin
Chagrin Cha*grin", n. [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. [1913 Webster]

I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. --Richard Porson. [1913 Webster]

Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. --Pope.

Syn: Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet.

Usage: {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.'' --Crabb. [1913 Webster]


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  • chagrin — 1. (cha grin) s. m. 1°   Cuir grenu fait d ordinaire d une peau de mulet ou d âne. Peau de chagrin. Étui de chagrin. Relier un livre en chagrin. •   C est avec le cuir de l âne que les Orientaux font le sagri que nous appelons chagrin, BUFF. âne …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • chagrin — CHAGRIN. s. m. Melancolie, ennuy: fascheuse, mauvaise humeur. Grand chagrin. noir chagrin. vivre avec chagrin. dans le chagrin. mourir de chagrin. exempt, delivré de tout chagrin. sans chagrin. Il est aussi adj. & il signifie, Melancolique,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • chagrin — et souci, Anxietas, Scrupulositas, Angor, Angustia, Cura. Chagrin soing et solicitude pour autruy, Solicitudo. Qui est chagrin en soy mesme, Ex animo solicitus. Chose pleine de chagrin, Res solicita. Un fort grand chagrin et soing qu on a de bien …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Chagrin — (vom türkischen sağrı für Kruppe) bezeichnet eine Ledersorte aus der Rückenhaut der Pferde, Kamele, Esel, Maultiere und anderer Tiere. Chagrin Leder ist ein durch Körner, die in das noch feuchte Leder gedrückt und später wieder herausgeschüttelt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Chagrin — may refer to: The Chagrin River Chagrin Falls, Ohio Chagrin Falls Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Chagrin Falls High School See also Shagreen, a type of leather This disambiguation page lists articles …   Wikipedia

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  • Chagrin — Cha*grin , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chagrined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chargrining}.] [Cf. F. chagriner See {Chagrin}, n.] To excite ill humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • chagrin — [n] displeasure annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomfiture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill humor, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness,… …   New thesaurus

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