DISAPPOINT

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

Etymology

Verb

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

Antonyms

• satisfy

Adjective

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

DISAPPOINT

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