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Definition of Chagrin
1. Noun. Strong feelings of embarrassment.
Generic synonyms: Embarrassment
Derivative terms: Humiliate, Mortify
2. Verb. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. "The performance is likely to chagrin Sue"; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
Generic synonyms: Bruise, Hurt, Injure, Offend, Spite, Wound
Specialized synonyms: Crush, Demolish, Smash, Degrade, Demean, Disgrace, Put Down, Take Down
Derivative terms: Abasement, Humiliation, Humiliation, Humiliation, Humiliation, Mortification, Mortification
Definition of Chagrin
1. n. Vexation; mortification.
2. v. t. To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.
3. v. i. To be vexed or annoyed.
4. a. Chagrined.
Definition of Chagrin
1. Noun. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. ¹
2. Noun. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.(R:OED Online) ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chagrin
1. to humiliate [v -GRINED, -GRINING, -GRINS or -GRINNED, -GRINNING, -GRINS] - See also: humiliate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chagrin
Literary usage of Chagrin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1912)
"Top of section on creek bank above the trolley track Berea sandstone Bedford
formation Cleveland shale chagrin formation Lowest observed outcrops The ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... 1'administration des affaires d'Irlande, il fut arrete par 1'ordre du Roi; il
eut pour prison sa maison, ou il mourut de chagrin quelque temps apres. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... "judicatories," and they entertain appeals from the decisions of those below,
and prescribe corrective measures in other cases. terms his chagrin that ..."
4. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1886)
"chagrin OF FREE-TRADERS AND DEMOCRATS. — MR. GREELEY'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
— NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. — MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA. ..."
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