CHAGRIN

n. v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.

3.
v.

To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding.

4.
a.

Chagrined. Dryden.

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