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Webster 1913 Edition

Disappointment

Disˊap-point′ment

,
Noun.
[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 than our pleasure in the fruition of them.
Addison.
In
disappointment
thou canst bless.
Keble.
Syn. – Miscarriage; frustration; balk.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disappointment

DISAPPOINTMENT

,
Noun.
Defeat or failure of expectation, hope, wish, desire or intention; miscarriage of design or plan.
We are apt to complain of the disappointment of our hopes and schemes, but disappointments often prove blessings and save us from calamity or ruin.

Definition 2024

disappointment

disappointment

English

Noun

disappointment ‎(plural disappointments)

  1. (uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.
    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." — Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd, 1992
  2. (countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
      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.
    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. — Cabinet, Hennessy, Peter, Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1990

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Etymology

disappoint +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

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