\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.
      I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than
      hope and satisfaction.                   --Richard
                                               Porson.
      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.

\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.

\Cha*grin"\, v. i.
To be vexed or annoyed. --Fielding.

\Cha*grin"\, a.
Chagrined. --Dryden.