disappoint, let down
(verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; “Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disappoint (third-person singular simple present disappoints, present participle disappointing, simple past and past participle disappointed)
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
(transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
(transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
(transitive, dated) To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
(transitive, obsolete) To prevent (something planned or attempted).
Synonyms: frustrate, thwart
• satisfy
disappoint (comparative more disappoint, superlative most disappoint)
(Internet slang) disappointed
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`ap*point", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing.] Etym: [OF. desapointier, F. désappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See Appoint.]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was excepted, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay.
Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained.
2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.
Syn.
– To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
