disappointment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ (UK)
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- /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English disappoint Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disappointment From disappoint + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
Choking back his disappointment after his own team's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: "I've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side."
1992, News Group Newspapers Ltd, Today:They remembered too keenly their pleasant credulity as to what to-morrow would bring forth, to dare indulge expectation of its pleasure; they had been disappointed once—so might they be again—for disappointment ever leaves fear behind.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 184:Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.
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(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
As the disappointments crowded in — the economy, Rhodesia, strife within the trade-union movement — Wilson tried the expedient of a semi-formal inner Cabinet, or Parliamentary Committee, as he misleadingly liked to call it.
1990, Peter Hennessy, Cabinet, Basil Blackwell Ltd:For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.
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(countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
What a disappointment!
Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disappointments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
anticippointment · Cape Disappointment
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Translations (119)
io decepto (emotion) · de Enttäuschung (emotion) · fr déception (emotion) · ckb دڵساری (emotion) · xh ukuphoxeka (emotion) · eo malkontentigo (emotion) · nl tegenslag (circumstance) · nn vonbrott (emotion) · uk розчарува́ння (emotion) · fi pettymys (circumstance) · gd mealladh-dùil (emotion) · af teleurstelling (emotion) · pt decepção (emotion) · ca decepció (emotion) · ja 失望 (emotion) · cy siom (emotion) · ky көңүл калгандык (emotion) · th ความผิดหวัง (emotion) · ml ഇച്ഛാഭംഗം (emotion) · de Fehlschlag (circumstance) · gd briseadh-dùil (circumstance) · ne निराशा (emotion) · az xəyal qırıqlığı (emotion) · de Rückschlag (cause, letdown) · is vonbrigði (emotion) · tr hayal kırıklığı (emotion) · ig ndakpọ olileanya (emotion) · lt nusivylimas (emotion) · sh razočarénje (emotion) · bg разочарова́ние (circumstance) · yo ìjánírọ́ (emotion) · et pettumus (emotion) · mt diżappunt (emotion) · hu csalódás (emotion) · eo seniluziiĝo (cause, letdown) · el απογοήτευση (emotion) · it disappunto (emotion) · be расчарава́нне (emotion) · de Verdruss (emotion) · cy siom (circumstance) · lo ຄວາມຜິດຫວັງ (emotion) · kmr dilsarî (emotion) · uz umidsizlik (emotion) · ta ஏமாற்றம் (emotion) · ru разочарова́ние (circumstance) · pl zawód (emotion) · es decepción (emotion) · mi ketekete (emotion) · ml നിരാശ (emotion) · ceb kahigawad (emotion) · su kuciwaan (emotion) · ro dezamăgire (emotion) · es decepción (cause, letdown) · pl rozczarowanie (emotion) · hi मायूसी (emotion) · cmn 失望 (emotion) · mr निराशा (emotion) · cs zklamání (emotion) · fy teloarstelling (emotion) · es chasco (cause, letdown) · de Misserfolg (circumstance) · mk разочарување (emotion) · sh разочаре́ње (emotion) · ru неприя́тность (circumstance) · nn vonbrot (emotion) · sq zhgënjim (emotion) · gl decepción (emotion) · si බලාපොරොත්තු සුන්වීම (emotion) · nn skuffelse (emotion) · jje 실망 (emotion) · gd briseadh-dùil (emotion) · om mufannaa (emotion) · hy հիասթափություն (emotion) · ar خَيْبَة أَمَل (emotion) · ga ábhar díomá (circumstance) · sk sklamanie (emotion) · es decepción (circumstance) · am አለመደሰት (emotion) · ny kukhumudwa (emotion) · es ahueve (emotion) · mi kōrehu (emotion) · my စိတ်ပျက်စရာ (emotion) · km ការខកចិត្ត (emotion) · eo senreviĝo (emotion) · fa دلسردی (emotion) · id kekecewaan (emotion) · de Reinfall (cause, letdown) · hi आशाभंग (emotion) · ms kekecewaan (emotion) · he אכזבה (emotion) · mg fahadisoam-panantenana (emotion) · hi निराशा (emotion) · nl tegenvaller (circumstance) · kk түңілу (emotion) · nl teleurstelling (emotion) · kn ನಿರಾಶೆ (emotion) · nb skuffelse (emotion) · fi pettymys (emotion) · tl pagkabigo (emotion) · cmn 失望 (circumstance) · ko 실망 (emotion) · it delusione (emotion) · eo seniluziiĝo (emotion) · pal 𐭠𐭥𐭫𐭩𐭯𐭩𐭤 (emotion) · sl razočaranje (emotion) · zu ukudumala (emotion) · ru разочарова́ние (emotion) · gu નિરાશા (emotion) · yi אַנטוישונג (emotion) · ro decepție (emotion) · mi pāpōuri (emotion) · da skuffelse (emotion) · te ఆశాభంగం (emotion) · eo elreviĝo (emotion) · bg разочарова́ние (emotion) · gd mealladh-dùil (circumstance) · vi sự thất vọng (emotion) · ga díomá (emotion) · sv besvikelse (emotion)