[syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, n. [F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular
kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used
for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding
grief. See Shagreen.]
Vexation; mortification.
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I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than
hope and satisfaction. --Richard
Porson.
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Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. --Pope.
Syn: Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness;
disgust; disquiet.
Usage: Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words
agree in the general sense of pain produced by
untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of
disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous
causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc.
Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that
keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or
humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the
cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen
leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in
meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state
of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense
of mortification. "Vexation arises chiefly from our
wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from
our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a
mixture of the two." --Crabb.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chagrined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Chargrining.] [Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n.]
To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a
little chagrined.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, v. i.
To be vexed or annoyed. --Fielding.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, a.
Chagrined. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chagrin
n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin,
humiliation, mortification]
v 1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "chagrin":
abash, abashment, cast down, confound, confuse, confusion,
discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert,
disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, distress,
disturbance, embarrass, embarrassment, mortification, mortify,
put out, throw into confusion, upset