Chagrin vs Anger - What's the difference?
chagrin | anger |
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
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To bother or vex; to mortify.
To be vexed or annoyed.
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.
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, title= (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
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To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
To become angry.
In transitive terms the difference between chagrin and anger
is that chagrin is to bother or vex; to mortify while anger is to cause such a feeling of antagonism.In intransitive terms the difference between chagrin and anger
is that chagrin is to be vexed or annoyed while anger is to become angry.chagrin
English
Noun
- [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.
citation, passage=“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”}}
Usage notes
* Often used in the form to one’s chagrin .Synonyms
* (distress of mind) disquiet, fretfulness, mortification, peevishness, vexation * (type of leather) shagreenDescendants
* shagreenSee also
* disgust * disappointmentVerb
(en verb)- She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
- (Fielding)
Usage notes
* The verb form is rarely found in other than passive voice.References
Anagrams
* ----anger
English
(wikipedia anger)Noun
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger , leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
Mensa mystica, page=322, year_published=1717
- I made the experiment, setting the moxa where the greatest anger and soreness still continued.
Synonyms
* (strong feeling of antagonism) * See alsoDerived terms
() * angerful * angerless * angry * anger management * in angerVerb
(en verb)- Don't anger me.
- You anger too easily.