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Chagrin (noun) means a feeling of embarrassment or disappointment when a plan fails or something is not valued.

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1
A feeling of embarrassment or disappointment when a plan fails or something is not valued.
2
A type of leather with a rough surface.
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Etymology

From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), katzbalgen (“to cat-fight”)). An alternative theory is that it came from a metaphorical use of French chagrin, (peau de) chagrain (“a type of roughened leather”), with the connection of roughness, though some dictionaries consider this to be a separate word derived from Old French peau de sagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (sağrı, “the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial

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What is the meaning of chagrin?
"chagrin" (noun) means a feeling of embarrassment or disappointment when a plan fails or something is not valued.
What is another word for chagrin?
Other words for "chagrin" include humiliation, mortification.
What is the opposite of chagrin?
Opposites of "chagrin" include delight, exultation, rejoicing.
What are the different meanings of chagrin?
"chagrin" has 2 main meanings: 1. A feeling of embarrassment or disappointment when a plan fails or something is not valued; 2. A type of leather with a rough surface.

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