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Chagrin vs Discomfiture - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between chagrin and discomfiture

is that chagrin is distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification while discomfiture is a feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.

As a verb chagrin

is to bother or vex; to mortify.

chagrin

English

Noun

  • Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
  • * 1876 , , Rose In Bloom , ch. 8:
    • [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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 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. […]”}}
  • A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the form to one’s chagrin .

    Synonyms

    * (distress of mind) disquiet, fretfulness, mortification, peevishness, vexation * (type of leather) shagreen

    Descendants

    * shagreen

    See also

    * disgust * disappointment

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bother or vex; to mortify.
    • She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
  • To be vexed or annoyed.
    • (Fielding)

    Usage notes

    * The verb form is rarely found in other than passive voice.

    References

    Anagrams

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    discomfiture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A feeling of frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.