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noun
The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dashing hopes
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: failure
noun
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: letdown
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissatisfaction
Narrower terms: frustration, defeat
History
Etymology tree English disappoint Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disappointment From disappoint + -ment.
Across languages
118 source translations are retained for this English entry.
