- chagrining
- cha·grin || 'ʃægrɪn n. annoyance; disappointment; humiliation v. annoy; disappoint; cause feelings of annoyance or disappointment; humiliate
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
chagrining
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chagrin — I. noun Etymology: French, from chagrin sad Date: circa 1681 disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure II. transitive verb (chagrined; chagrining) Date: 1733 to vex or unsettle by disappointing or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
chagrin — /sheuh grin /, n., v., chagrined or chagrinned, chagrining or chagrinning. n. 1. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation. v.t. 2. to vex by disappointment or humiliation: The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.… … Universalium
chagrin — [shə grin′; ] Brit [ shag′rin] n. [Fr, grief, sorrow, vexation, prob. < Norm chagreiner, to become gloomy (said of the weather) < OFr graignier, to sorrow < graim, sorrowful < Frank * gram] a feeling of embarrassment and annoyance… … English World dictionary
