Standard Lemma guide

disappointed

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/
  • US: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ in fast speech
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

Having had a marriage proposal rejected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Expressing or indicating disappointment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a disappointed tone / face / silence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of disappoint

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

disappointingly unsuccessful

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
  • their foiled attempt to capture Calais
  • many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
  • his best efforts were thwarted

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: teleurgesteld — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Ainu: ヤイピラ (yaipira) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Albanian: i zhgënjyer — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Albanian: deshpruar — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Arabic: خَائِب الأَمَل (ḵāʔib al-ʔamal) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Armenian: հիասթափված (hiastʻapʻvac) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Azerbaijani: məyus — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Basque: etsite — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Belarusian: расчарава́ны (rasčaravány) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Bulgarian: разочаро́ван (razočaróvan) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Burmese: စိတ်ပျက် (citpyak) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Catalan: decebut — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Cebuano: nasagmuyo — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 敗興 /败兴 (bàixìng) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失望 (shīwàng) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Czech: rozčarovaný — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Czech: zklamaný — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Danish: skuffet — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Danish: skuffede — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Dutch: teleurgesteld — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Esperanto: seniluziigita — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Esperanto: elrevigita — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Finnish: pettynyt — defeated of hope or expectation
  • French: déçu — defeated of hope or expectation
  • West-Frisian: teloarsteld — defeated of hope or expectation
  • West-Frisian: teleurgesteld — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Galician: decepcionado — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Georgian: იმედგაცრუებული (imedgacruebuli) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • German: enttäuscht — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Greek: απογοητευμένος (apogoïtevménos) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Gujarati: નિરાશ (nirāś) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Hausa: masanan basu ji dadin — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Hebrew: מאוכזב (meukhzav) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Hindi: निराश (nirāś) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Hungarian: csalódott — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Icelandic: vonsvikinn — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Icelandic: vonbrigðum — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Igbo: emechu ihu — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Indonesian: kecewa — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Irish: díomách — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Irish: díomá a bheith ort — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Italian: deluso — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Japanese: 失望した (shitsubō shita) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Javanese: kuciwa — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Kazakh: көңілі қалған (köñılı qalğan) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Kazakh: разочаровался (razoçarovalsä) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Khmer: ខកចិត្ត (khakchet) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Korean: 실망하다 (silmanghada) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Lao: ຜິດຫວັງ (phit huang) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Latin: dēstitūtus — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Latvian: vīlušies — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Latvian: vīlies — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Lithuanian: nusivylusi — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Lithuanian: nusivylęs — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Luxembourgish: enttäuscht — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Macedonian: разочаран (razočaran) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Malagasy: diso fanantenana — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Malay: kecewa — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Malayalam: നിരാശരാണ് (nirāśarāṇŭ) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Malayalam: നിരാശ (nirāśa) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Maltese: diżappuntat — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Māori: ngere — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Māori: matekiri — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Māori: pāpōuri — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Marathi: निराश (nirāś) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Mongolian: урам хугарсан (uram xugarsan) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Nepali: निराश (nirāś) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Norman: dêchu — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Norman: dêmîns — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Norman: d'sappointé — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Norwegian: skuffet — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vonbroten — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vonsviken — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Plautdietsch: entstalt — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Polish: rozczarowany — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Polish: zawiedziony — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Portuguese: decepcionado — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Portuguese: desapontado — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Punjabi: ਨਿਰਾਸ਼ (nirāś) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Romanian: dezamăgit — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Romanian: decepționat — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Russian: разочаро́ванный (razočaróvannyj) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Serbo-Croatian: razočaran — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Serbo-Croatian: разочаран — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Sinhalese: බලාපොරොත්තු සුන් (balāporottu sun) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Slovak: sklamaný — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Slovene: razočaran — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Slovene: razočarani — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Spanish: decepcionado — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Sundanese: kuciwa — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Sundanese: kucewa — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Swedish: besviken — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Tagalog: bigo — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Tamil: ஏமாற்றம் (ēmāṟṟam) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Thai: ผิดหวัง (pìt-wǎng) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Thai: สิ้นหวัง (sîn-wǎng) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Turkish: hayal kırıklığına uğramış — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Ukrainian: розчаро́ваний (rozčaróvanyj) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Uzbek: hafsalasi pir boʻldi — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Vietnamese: thất vọng — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Welsh: siomedig — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Yiddish: אַנטוישט (antoysht) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרקלעמט (farklemt) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרטאַראַראַמט (fartararamt) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Yiddish: צעטראָגן (tsetrogn) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרחושכט (farkhoyshekht) — defeated of hope or expectation
  • Zulu: badumazeke — defeated of hope or expectation
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