Definition of "chagrin" in inglés

noun

1. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

   • much to the chagrin (of)

2. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

verb

1. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.

   • Meet once a year, then part, and then Retiring, wish to meet again.

2. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful.

   • 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, I wou’d not have your ladyship chagrin at my bride’s expression […]