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chagrin

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chagrin /ˈʃagrɪn/

▶noun annoyance or shame at having failed. ▶verb (be chagrined) feel annoyed or ashamed.

– origin C17 (in the sense ‘melancholy’): from Fr. chagrin (n.), lit. ‘rough skin, shagreen’, chagriner (v.).

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