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   Chagrin , 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.  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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   Chagrin, 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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   Chagrin, v. i. To be vexed or annoyed.
   Fielding.
   
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   Chagrin, a. Chagrined.
   Dryden.
   
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