Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chagrin
Participle: chagrined
Gerund: chagrining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chagrin |
| you | chagrin |
| he;she;it | chagrins |
| we | chagrin |
| you | chagrin |
| they | chagrin |
Perfect
| I | have chagrined |
| you | have chagrined |
| he;she;it | has chagrined |
| we | have chagrined |
| you | have chagrined |
| they | have chagrined |
Past
| I | chagrined |
| you | chagrined |
| he;she;it | chagrined |
| we | chagrined |
| you | chagrined |
| they | chagrined |
Pluperfect
| I | had chagrined |
| you | had chagrined |
| he;she;it | had chagrined |
| we | had chagrined |
| you | had chagrined |
| they | had chagrined |
Future
| I | will chagrin |
| you | will chagrin |
| he;she;it | will chagrin |
| we | will chagrin |
| you | will chagrin |
| they | will chagrin |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chagrined |
| you | will have chagrined |
| he;she;it | will have chagrined |
| we | will have chagrined |
| you | will have chagrined |
| they | will have chagrined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chagrin |
| you | chagrin |
| he;she;it | chagrin |
| we | chagrin |
| you | chagrin |
| they | chagrin |
Perfect
| I | have chagrined |
| you | have chagrined |
| he;she;it | have chagrined |
| we | have chagrined |
| you | have chagrined |
| they | have chagrined |
Imperfect
| I | chagrined |
| you | chagrined |
| he;she;it | chagrined |
| we | chagrined |
| you | chagrined |
| they | chagrined |
Pluperfect
| I | had chagrined |
| you | had chagrined |
| he;she;it | had chagrined |
| we | had chagrined |
| you | had chagrined |
| they | had chagrined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chagrin |
| you | would chagrin |
| he;she;it | would chagrin |
| we | would chagrin |
| you | would chagrin |
| they | would chagrin |
Perfect
| I | would have chagrined |
| you | would have chagrined |
| he;she;it | would have chagrined |
| we | would have chagrined |
| you | would have chagrined |
| they | would have chagrined |
Imperative
| you | chagrin |
| we | Let's chagrin |
| you | chagrin |
Verbs conjugated like 'chagrin'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chagrin'
chagrine,
chain,
cabin,
camrip,
chafen,
chair,
chairman,
chalken,
challan,
chamois,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1656, "melancholy," from Fr., from O.Fr. "grief, vexation," possibly from O.N.Fr. graignier "to sorrow," from graim "sorrowful," from Frank. *gram. Modern sense is 1716.
2. 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”)).
3. 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 s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow".
Sample Sentences
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But since this Infidel Minister knows the folly of these Brags; which he sees destroy’d by the Relations Printed in other Countries: They serve only, for a Subject to augment his Pride; and gives him a Pleasure, the mor to Chagrine and Mortifie the French Ambassador. [1683, Richard Tonson, Jacob Tonson, translated by Daniel Defoe, An Account of Monsieur De Quesne’s Late Expedition at Chio, London, page 50:]
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[…] though you send at any Time, and even received an unmannerly Answer, do not let a rash Pride drive you to return the Affront, since it is impossible for you to know what at that Instant had chagrin’d their Temper. [1748, Laetitia Pilkington, Memoirs, volume 3, Dublin, page 75:]
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Meet once a year, then part, and then
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Retiring, wish to meet again. [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, But friends and fav’rites, to chagrin them, Find counties, countries, seas, between them]
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He felt pretty sure that, if this interview took place, his mother's account of what passed at it would only annoy and chagrin him, though he would all the time be aware of the colouring which it received by passing through her mind. [1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 40, in North and South:]
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She would go on like that for hours, connecting one offense to another until all of the things that chagrined her were spewed out. [1970, Toni Morrison, “Autumn”, in The Bluest Eye, New York: Pocket Books, published 1972, page 23:]
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Dear Ma’am, why will you chagrine yourself about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a single Sigh?— [1760, Arthur Murphy, The Way to Keep Him, London: P. Vaillant, act I, scene 1, page 8:]