chagrin

/ˈʃaɡ.ɹɪn/

chagrin means feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.

chagrin is pronounced /ˈʃaɡ.ɹɪn/.

Etymology

From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), ka

adj

Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.“Dear, my dear, pity me; I am so chagrin to day, and have had the most signal affront at Court!”

noun

A distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification.“much to the chagrin (of)”
A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

verb

To bother or vex; to mortify.“But since this Infidel Minister knows the folly of these Brags; which he sees destroy’d by the Relations Printed in other Countries: They serve only, for a Subject to augment his Pride; and gives him a Pleasure, the mor to Chagrine and Mortifie the French Ambassador.”
To be vexed or annoyed.“Dear Ma’am, why will you chagrine yourself about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a single Sigh?—”