disappointment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ en-us-disappointment.ogg

disappointment disappointments

From disappoint + -ment.

let-down setback

disappoint

anticippointment Cape Disappointment

German: Reinfall German: Rückschlag Spanish: decepción Spanish: chasco

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