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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : shuh-grin
Phonetic Transcription : ʃəˈgrɪn


Definition of chagrin

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun displeasure
  • verb cause displeasure
Example sentences :
  • "He must have stolen it," muttered Halbert, looking after Robert with disappointment and chagrin.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • "She might have been polite enough to invite me in," said Halbert, with chagrin.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I accosted him, when, to my chagrin and disappointment, he was a white man.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Nor was there in this her conclusion anything of chagrin, or pettish self-humiliation.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Yet, despite his chagrin, he realized that he could not send her from him forthwith.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But he must conceal his chagrin, and assume the smile of gayety.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • The chagrin of his rival was to pay for all the inconvenience which he incurred himself.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • To my chagrin, the duke laid his hand on the window and closed it.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • They did obey, but it was with a sorrow and chagrin they could not hide.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The thought that she had committed an error filled her with chagrin.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

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