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noun
1.
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
verb (used with object)
2.
to vex by disappointment or humiliation: The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.
3.
Obsolete. shagreen (def. 1).
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Chagrin
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is suave. Does it mean:
| a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance |
| smoothly agreeable or polite |
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chagrin
1656, "melancholy," from Fr. (15c.), via Angevin dial. chagraigner "sadden" from O.Fr. graignier "grief, vexation," from graim "sorrowful," from a Gmc. source, perhaps Frank. *gram (cf. O.H.G. gram "angry, fierce"). Modern sense is 1716.
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