Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event.
- transitive verb To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit: synonym: embarrass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mental disquiet and pain from the failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; mortification; vexation.
- noun Synonyms Vexation, etc. See
mortification . - To excite a feeling of chagrin in; vex; mortify.
- noun See
shagreen .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Chagrined.
- intransitive verb To be vexed or annoyed.
- noun Vexation; mortification.
- transitive verb To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc;vexation ormortification . - verb transitive To
bother orvex ; tomortify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sol Witberg would have bitten his bruised and swollen lip in chagrin, had it not hurt so much.
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Federer, much to his chagrin, is in perfect position to make that comparison.
King of clay: Nadal powers way to fourth straight French crown 2008
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"It would have been too much to see those Groucho Marx eyebrows knitted together in chagrin as Clint strode past them to the podium once more."
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She said a simple, “Oh,” looked away from Areel and the jury, let an expression of chagrin come over her, and peered down at the floor in contrition.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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She said a simple, “Oh,” looked away from Areel and the jury, let an expression of chagrin come over her, and peered down at the floor in contrition.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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She said a simple, “Oh,” looked away from Areel and the jury, let an expression of chagrin come over her, and peered down at the floor in contrition.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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To live as Nature ordained, though with many a concern and many a chagrin, is infinitely preferable to living in relative ease and serenity, in opposition to Nature's demands.
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To live as Nature ordained, though with many a concern and many a chagrin, is infinitely preferable to living in relative ease and serenity, in opposition to Nature's demands.
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I BET with every Wind that blew, till Nature in chagrin
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Sol Witberg would have bitten his bruised and swollen lip in chagrin, had it not hurt so much.
seanahan commented on the word chagrin
Has any heard this word in any expression except "much to my"?
December 2, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word chagrin
not only heard, but used.
December 9, 2006
oroboros commented on the word chagrin
Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin 'n Hobbes, lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
December 14, 2006
orbitalcombustion commented on the word chagrin
Yes, "much to his/her" ;)
October 6, 2007
ofravens commented on the word chagrin
an orange cyclops-eye, scorning to look
longer on this landscape of chagrin;
from "Winter Landscape, With Rooks," Sylvia Plath
March 31, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word chagrin
I am disappointed to learn that 'chagrin' = "irritation" is now believed not to come from the Turkish for "horse's bum". I do hope the OED find the old story is true when they get round to revising C.
July 8, 2010
myth17 commented on the word chagrin
If I dont come out of my GREs in flying colors, I will be in a state of Chagrin.
August 30, 2012
rucha commented on the word chagrin
Overconfidence often results in was Chagrin.
October 1, 2013