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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.
    2. formal
      To prevent (eg a plan) from being carried out.
Derivative: disappointed
adj
    Having one's hopes or expectations frustrated.
Derivative: disappointing
adj
    Causing disappointment; frustrating one's hopes or expectations.
Derivative: disappointment
    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.
Etymology: 15c, originally meaning ‘to remove someone from office': from French desapointer.



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