chagrin

cha·grin  (sh-grn)

n.

A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event: To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.

tr.v. cha·grined, cha·grin·ing, cha·grins

To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit: He was chagrined at the poor sales of his book. See Synonyms at embarrass.

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[French, possibly from dialectal French chagraigner, to distress, become gloomy, from Old French graim, sorrowful, gloomy, of Germanic origin.]

Word History: The ultimate etymology of the word chagrin, which comes directly to us from French, is considered uncertain by many etymologists. At one time chagrin was thought to be the same word as shagreen, "a leather or skin with a rough surface," derived from French chagrin. The reasoning was that in French the word for this rough material, which was used to smooth and polish things, was extended to the notion of troubles that fret and annoy a person. It was later decided, however, that the sense "rough leather" and the sense "sorrow" each belonged to a different French word chagrin. Other etymologists have offered an alternative explanation, suggesting that the French word chagrin, "sorrow," is a loan translation of the German word Katzenjammer, "a hangover from drinking." A loan translation is a type of borrowing from another language in which the elements of a foreign word, as in Katzen, "cats," and Jammer, "distress, seediness," are assumed to be translated literally by corresponding elements in another language, in this case, chat, "cat," and grigner, "to grimace." The actual etymology is less colorful, with the word probably going back to a Germanic word, *gram, meaning "sorrow, trouble." Chagrin is first recorded in English in 1656 in the now obsolete sense "anxiety, melancholy."

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chagrin [ˈʃægrɪn]

n

a feeling of annoyance or mortification

vb (tr)

to embarrass and annoy; mortify

[from French chagrin, chagriner, of unknown origin]

chagrined  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chagrin - strong feelings of embarrassment     mortification, humiliation embarrassment - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
Verb	1.	chagrin - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" abase, humiliate, humble, mortify spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" demolish, smash, crush - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" demean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

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chagrin

noun

annoyance, embarrassment, humiliation, dissatisfaction, disquiet, displeasure, mortification, discomfiture, vexation, discomposure Much to his chagrin, she didn't remember him at all.

verb

annoy, embarrass, humiliate, disquiet, vex, displease, mortify, discomfit, dissatisfy, discompose He was chagrined at missing such an easy goal.

Translations

chagrin [ˈʃægrɪn]

A. N (= anger) → disgusto m; (= disappointment) → desilusión f, desazón f
to my chagrin → con gran disgusto mío

B. VT → mortificar, disgustar

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chagrin [ˈʃægrɪn] n (= annoyance) → contrariété f (= disappointment) → déception f
to sb's chagrin → à la déception de qn

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chagrin

n → Ärger m, → Verdruss m (geh)

vt → ärgern, verdrießen (geh); he was much chagrined by the news → die Nachricht bekümmerte or verdross (geh) → ihn sehr

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chagrin [ˈʃægrɪn] n (frm) → disappunto, dispiacere m

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chagrin [ˈʃægrɪn] n (frm) → disappunto, dispiacere m

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chagrin

n chagrin [ˈʃӕgrin, (American ) ʃəˈgrin]

disappointment and annoyance. hartseer, verdriet غَمٌّ، كَدَرٌ раздразнение zklamání, zlost ærgrelse der Verdruß απογοήτευση disgusto, desilusión tusk آزردگی خاطر؛ نا امیدی mielipaha contrariété, déception אַכזָבָה झुंझलाहट razočaranje bosszúság kekecewaan skapraun, vonbrigði, gremja dispiacere 無念 원통함 nusivylimas, graužatis vilšanās; sarūgtinājums berasa kesal verdriet skuffelse, ergrelse zmartwienie desgosto supărare, nemulţumire огорчение zlosť zlovoljnost ljutnja förtret, harm ความรำคาญใจจากการผิดหวังหรือความอาย düş kırıklığı 懊惱 досада, прикрість جھنجھلاہٹ ، جھلانا sự chán nản 懊恼