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7-letter words (3 found)

ARCHING,CHAGRIN,CHARING,

6-letter words (9 found)

ACHING,ARCING,CARING,CHINAR,GRINCH,HARING,INARCH,RACING,RAHING,

5-letter words (21 found)

ACING,AGRIN,AHING,ANIGH,ARCHI,CAIRN,CHAIN,CHAIR,CHANG,CHINA,CHING,CIGAR,CRAIG,GANCH,GARNI,GINCH,GRAIN,HANGI,NARIC,RANCH,RANGI,

4-letter words (39 found)

AGIN,AIRN,ARCH,ARGH,CAIN,CANG,CARN,CHAI,CHAR,CHIA,CHIN,CRAG,CRAN,CRIA,GACH,GAIN,GAIR,GARI,GIRN,GNAR,GRAN,GRIN,HAIN,HAIR,HANG,HARN,HING,INCH,NACH,NARC,NGAI,NIGH,RACH,RAGI,RAIN,RANG,RANI,RICH,RING,

3-letter words (31 found)

ACH,AHI,AIN,AIR,ANI,ARC,CAG,CAN,CAR,CHA,CHI,CIG,GAN,GAR,GHI,GIN,HAG,HAN,HIC,HIN,ICH,ING,NAG,NAH,RAG,RAH,RAI,RAN,RIA,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AG,AH,AI,AN,AR,CH,GI,HA,HI,IN,NA,

You can make 114 words from chagrin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chagrin

chagrin

Alternative forms

  • chagrine (obsolete)

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 sağrı (“the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow".

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/
  • (US) enPR: shə-grĭn', IPA(key): /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -æɡɹɪn, (US) -ɪn

Noun

chagrin (countable and uncountable, plural chagrins)

  1. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
    Synonyms: disquiet, fretfulness, mortification, peevishness, vexation
    much to the chagrin (of)
  2. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.
    Synonym: shagreen

Derived terms

  • shagreen

Translations

See also

  • disgust
  • disappointment

Verb

chagrin (third-person singular simple present chagrins, present participle chagrining or chagrinning, simple past and past participle chagrined or chagrinned)

  1. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
    • 1764, William Shenstone, “The Progress of Taste,” Part I, in The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, London: R. & J. Dodsley, Volume I, p. 265,[5]
      But friends and fav’rites, to chagrin them,
      Find counties, countries, seas, between them:
      Meet once a year, then part, and then
      Retiring, wish to meet again.
  2. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.

Usage notes

The verb form is now mainly used in the passive voice.

Derived terms

  • chagrined
  • chagrining

Translations

Adjective

chagrin (comparative more chagrin, superlative most chagrin)

  1. (obsolete) Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.[17th to 18th centuries.]
    • 1728, Henry Fielding, Love in Several Masques, Act V, Scene 3, in The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, London: W. Strahan et al., 1784, Volume I, p. 174,[11]
      I wou’d not have your ladyship chagrin at my bride’s expression […]
    • 1758, “Captain T—of BATTEREAU’s Regiment in the Isle of SKIE to Captain P— at Fort AUGUSTUS” in Robert Dodsley (ed.), A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, London: R. & J. Dodsley, p. 243,[12]
      All pensive, heartless, and chagrine
      I sit, devoted prey to spleen;

Synonyms

  • chagrined

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Charing, arching, chargin', charing

French

Etymology

From chagriner, perhaps from Frankish *gram, akin to German Gram

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃/

Noun

chagrin m (plural chagrins)

  1. sorrow, grief, chagrin

Derived terms

  • chagrin d’amour
  • noyer son chagrin
  • peau de chagrin

Adjective

chagrin (feminine chagrine, masculine plural chagrins, feminine plural chagrines)

  1. (literary) despondent, woeful
  2. (literary) disgruntled, morose

Derived terms

  • esprit chagrin

Related terms

  • chagrinant
  • chagriner

References

Further reading

  • “chagrin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French chagrin (“sorrow”), compare Haitian Creole chagrin.

Verb

chagrin

  1. to be sorry

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old French

Etymology

From Old Northern French chagraigner, eventually from Frankish *gram, from Proto-West Germanic *gram(ī).

Adjective

chagrin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chagrine)

  1. painful, afflicted

Noun

chagrin oblique singular, m (oblique plural chagrins, nominative singular chagrins, nominative plural chagrin)

  1. pain, affliction

Descendants

  • Middle French: chagrin
    • French: chagrin
      • → English: chagrin

Source: wiktionary.org