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Dictionary translations for "chagrin"

le chagrin m noun

pl. chagrins

sorrow [ˈsɔrəu] (peine)

Les nouvelles l'emplirent de chagrin.

The news filled her with sorrow.

grief [ɡri:f] (peine)

Le temps et la réflexion atténuent le chagrin le plus profond.

Time and thinking tame the strongest grief.

shagreen [ʃæˈɡri:n] (matière)

chagrin adjective

chagrin / chagrine / chagrins / chagrines

despondent [dɪsˈpɔndənt] (caractéristique émotionnelle)

doleful [ˈdəulful] (visage)

dreary [ˈdrɪərɪ] (temps)

Phrases with "chagrin" (8)

chagrin d'amour - unhappy love affair
avoir chagrin - be sad
avoir du chagrin - be sad
avoir l'esprit chagrin - be in a despondent mood
donner chagrin - cause grief
faire du chagrin - cause a grief
peau de chagrin - shagreen
relié plein chagrin - bound in shagreen

Contexts with "chagrin"

Les nouvelles l'emplirent de chagrin. The news filled her with sorrow.

Le temps et la réflexion atténuent le chagrin le plus profond. Time and thinking tame the strongest grief.

Et ce soir, je pense à tout ce qu'elle a vu tout au long de son siècle en Amérique. Le chagrin et l'espoir, la lutte et les progrès. Les fois où l'on nous a dit que nous ne pouvions pas, et les gens qui ont persisté avec ce crédo : Oui, nous pouvons. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America. The heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress. The times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.

Son cœur se remplit de chagrin. His heart filled with sorrow.

Le bonheur est salutaire pour le corps, mais c'est le chagrin qui développe les forces de l'esprit. Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

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