text: what are the specific definition and usage of the word "chagrin"?   chagrin &#92;cha*grin"&#92;, n. [f., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular      kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used      for graters and files; hence (fig.), a gnawing, corroding      grief. see shagreen.]      vexation; mortification.      [1913 webster]               i must own that i felt rather vexation and chagrin than            hope and satisfaction.                   --richard                                                     porson.      [1913 webster]               hear me, and touch belinda with chagrin. --pope.         syn: vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness;           disgust; disquiet.         usage: chagrin, vexation, mortification. these words             agree in the general sense of pain produced by             untoward circumstances. vexation is a feeling of             disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous             causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc.             mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that             keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or             humiliating occurrences. chagrin is literally the             cutting pain produced by the friction of shagreen             leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in             meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state             of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense             of mortification. "vexation arises chiefly from our             wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from             our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a             mixture of the two."                    --crabb.             [1913 webster]