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disappointing

adj · verb · 3 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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  • rhymes with -ɔɪntɪŋ
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Causing disappointment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • disappointing results / news; a disappointing experience

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of disappoint

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not up to expectations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dissatisfactory, unsatisfying

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հիասթափեցնող (hiastʻapʻecʻnoġ) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Belarusian: які́ расчаро́ўвуе (jakí rasčarówvuje) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Belarusian: даса́дны (dasádny) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Catalan: decebedor — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Danish: skuffende — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Dutch: teleurstellend — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Finnish: epätyydyttävä — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Finnish: harmittava — that disappoints or disappoint
  • French: décevant — that disappoints or disappoint
  • West-Frisian: teloarstellend — that disappoints or disappoint
  • West-Frisian: lilk — that disappoints or disappoint
  • German: enttäuschend — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Greek: απογοητευτικός (apogoïteftikós) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Hebrew: מאכזב (meakhzev) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Hungarian: csalódást keltő — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Hungarian: kiábrándító — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Icelandic: svekkjandi — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Ido: deceptanta — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Ido: deceptiva — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Irish: díomá — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Italian: deludente — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skuffende — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Polish: rozczarowujący — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Portuguese: decepcionante — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Portuguese: dececionante — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Romanian: dezamăgitor — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Russian: разочаро́вывающий (razočaróvyvajuščij) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Russian: доса́дный (dosádnyj) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Russian: неутеши́тельный (neutešítelʹnyj) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Spanish: decepcionante — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Swedish: snöplig — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Thai: น่าผิดหวัง — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Thai: น่าเสียดาย (nâa-sǐia-daai) — that disappoints or disappoint
  • Ukrainian: розчаро́вуючий (rozčaróvujučyj) — that disappoints or disappoint
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