[a. F. chagrine-r (16th c. in Littré), f. the sb.: see above.]
1. trans. To trouble, vex, worry, grieve. arch.
1733. Fielding, Int. Chamberm., II. iii. Pray remember the condition she is in, and don’t do anything to chagrin her.
1755. Mem. Capt. P. Drake, i. 5. Which so chagrined me, that … I waited only an Opportunity of quitting them.
1792. Abp. Moore, in Ld. Auckland’s Corr. (1861), II. 475. Those west winds chagrin me exceedingly, as they keep me in the dark about George.
1841–4. Emerson, Ess. Self-Reliance, Wks. (Bohn), I. 23. Every word they say chagrins us, and we know not where to begin to set them right.
2. esp. To vex acutely by disappointing or thwarting; to mortify. (Chiefly passive.)
1748. Anson’s Voy., I. i. 4. Mr. Anson was extremely chagrined at the losing the command of … so desirable an enterprize.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 139. The captain … was so chagrined at his disappointment, that he died of grief.
1826. C. Butler, Grotius, xii. 200. The contradictions which he met with chagrined him.
1878. Black, Green Past., v. 37. Surprised and chagrined by the coldness of her manner.
3. ? intr. To feel trouble or vexation; to ‘trouble.’ [= F. se chagriner.] rare.
(In quot. it may be the adj.)
1727. Fielding, Love in sev. Masques. I would not have your ladyship chagrin at my bride’s expression.
