disappointment, dashing hopes
(noun) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
disappointment, letdown
(noun) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; “his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disappointment (countable and uncountable, plural disappointments)
(uncountable) A feeling of sadness or frustration when a strongly held expectation is not met.
(countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.
(countable) That which causes feelings of disappointment.
• let-down
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`ap*point"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. désappointement.]
1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble.
2. That which disappoints.
Syn.
– Miscarriage; frustration; balk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
