chagrin
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Is chagrin a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of chagrin?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.Examples: "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."; "[…] though you send at any Time, and even received an unmannerly Answer, do not let a rash Pride drive you to return the Affront, since it is impossible for you to know what at that Instant had chagrin’d their Temper."; "Meet once a year, then part, and then Retiring, wish to meet again."transitive
2. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.Examples: "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?—"obsoleterarereflexive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.Examples: "Dear, my dear, pity me; I am so chagrin to day, and have had the most signal affront at Court!"; "[…] instead of rejoycing at this Prosperity of his Family, which a true Father of his Children would have esteem’d his own, a Spirit of Envy and Discontent seized him, and he went away chagrine and melancholy."; "1728, Henry Fielding, Love in Several Masques, Act V, Scene 3, in The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, London: W. Strahan et al., 1784, Volume I, p. 174, I wou’d not have your ladyship chagrin at my bride’s expression […]"Synonyms: chagrinedobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary