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chagrinning

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cha⋅grin

  [shuh-grin] noun, verb, -grined or -grinned, -grin⋅ing or -grin⋅ning.
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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).
Origin:
1650–60; < F < ?

Synonyms:
1. See shame.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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