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disappoint
verb disappointed, disappointing
- 1. To fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of someone.
- Thesaurus: let down, dismay, dishearten, disgruntle, frustrate, dash, miff; Antonym: delight, please, satisfy.
- To prevent (eg a plan) from being carried out.
adj
- Having one's hopes or expectations frustrated.
adj
- Causing disappointment; frustrating one's hopes or expectations.
- The state of being disappointed.
- Thesaurus: discouragement, frustration, distress, disenchantment, mortification, disillusionment, regret, discontent; Antonym: delight, pleasure, satisfaction.
- Something that disappoints.
- Thesaurus: failure, setback, letdown, misfortune, disaster, blow, calamity, fiasco; Antonym: boost, success.
