chagrin (noun)

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• chagrin — ► NOUN ▪ annoyance or shame at having failed. ► VERB (be chagrined) ▪ feel annoyed or ashamed. ORIGIN French, rough skin, shagreen …   English terms dictionary

• chagrin — noun Sean showed up at the party, to everyone s chagrin Syn: annoyance, irritation, vexation, exasperation, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discontent; anger, rage, fury, wrath, indignation, resentment; embarrassment, mortification, humiliation,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• chagrin — The dominant standard pronunciation of the noun in BrE is shag rin, and in AmE shǝ grin. The adjective derived from it is spelt chagrined, pronounced the same way with the addition of a final d …   Modern English usage

• chagrin — [17] The word chagrin first appeared in French in the 14th century as an adjective, meaning ‘sad, vexed’, a usage at first adopted into English: ‘My wife in a chagrin humour, she not being pleased with my kindness to either of them’, Samuel… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• chagrin — [17] The word chagrin first appeared in French in the 14th century as an adjective, meaning ‘sad, vexed’, a usage at first adopted into English: ‘My wife in a chagrin humour, she not being pleased with my kindness to either of them’, Samuel… …   Word origins

• chagrin — cha|grin [ ʃə grın ] noun uncount FORMAL a feeling of being very annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed: to someone s chagrin: The report finds (much to the chagrin of male drivers) that women are generally safer behind the wheel than men. ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• chagrin — 1 noun (U) formal annoyance and disappointment because something has not happened the way you hoped: to sb s chagrin: To the chagrin of the Pentagon, the USSR exploded a nuclear bomb in 1949. 2 verb be chagrined formal to feel annoyed and… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• chagrin — UK [ˈʃæɡrɪn] / US [ʃəˈɡrɪn] noun [uncountable] formal a feeling of being very annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed to someone s chagrin: The report finds (much to the chagrin of male drivers) that women are generally safer behind the wheel than… …   English dictionary

• chagrin — I. noun Etymology: French, from chagrin sad Date: circa 1681 disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure II. transitive verb (chagrined; chagrining) Date: 1733 to vex or unsettle by disappointing or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chagrin — 1. noun /ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn,ʃəˈɡɹɪn/ a) Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. [H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded mans chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he… …   Wiktionary

• chagrin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mortification, vexation. See dejection, disappointment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mortification, humiliation, dismay, vexation; see embarrassment 1 , shame 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY …   English dictionary for students