OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23477

chagrin

/ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
disgusto • pesar
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
[H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely.
much to the chagrin (of)
Phrases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 23478

chagrin

/ˈʃæɡ.ɹɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mortificar
To bother or vex; to mortify.
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 P…
[…] 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 tha…