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  1. 1. n. Vexation; mortification. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To be vexed or annoyed. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Chagrined. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. strong feelings of embarrassment Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. Syn. -- Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet. Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words agree in the general sense of pain produced by untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc. Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that keen sense of pain which results fron wounded pride or humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense of mortification. "Vexation arises chiefly fron our wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a mixture of the two." Crabb. To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined. To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding. Chagrined. Dryden. Source: webster
  8. 8. Vexation; mortification.I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope andsatisfaction. Richard Porson.Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v:20/n:80 n. strong feelings of embarrassment Source: ecdict

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