Question: What are the specific definition and usage of the word "chagrin"? 

Answer: Chagrin &#92;Cha*grin"&#92;, n. [F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular\n     kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used\n     for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding\n     grief. See Shagreen.]\n     Vexation; mortification.\n     [1913 Webster]\n  \n           I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than\n           hope and satisfaction.                   --Richard\n                                                    Porson.\n     [1913 Webster]\n  \n           Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. --Pope.\n  \n     Syn: Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness;\n          disgust; disquiet.\n  \n     Usage: Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words\n            agree in the general sense of pain produced by\n            untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of\n            disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous\n            causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc.\n            Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that\n            keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or\n            humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the\n            cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen\n            leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in\n            meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state\n            of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense\n            of mortification. "Vexation arises chiefly from our\n            wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from\n            our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a\n            mixture of the two."                    --Crabb.\n            [1913 Webster]
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