Disappoint
[dɪsə'pɒɪnt] or ['dɪsə'pɔɪnt]
Definition
(verb.) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; 'Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage'.
Checker: Yale--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, 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.
(v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
Editor: Rufus
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Balk, frustrate, foil, defeat, battle, disconcert.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Betray, deceive, frustrate, baffle, delude, vex, mortify, defeat, foil
ANT:Realize, justify, verify, fulfil, encourage, satisfy, gratify
Edited by Della
Definition
v.t. to frustrate of what is appointed: to deprive one of what he expected.—p.adjs. Disappoint′ed balked: frustrated: (Shak.) unprepared or ill-prepared; Disappoint′ing causing disappointment.—n. Disappoint′ment the defeat of one's hopes: frustration: the vexation accompanying failure.
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Examples
- It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In fact it seemed to be pleasanter to him to disappoint than to gratify. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You have all done more for me than I can ever thank you for, except by doing my best not to disappoint you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Here you have been abroad nearly six months, and done nothing but waste time and money and disappoint your friends. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But don't disappoint yourself beforehand, Tom. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Well, that rather alters the case, because I had no idea that they thought so, and I should not have liked to disappoint or inconvenience them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These two, whom I come to life to disappoint and dispossess, cry for joy! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I had forgotten that circumstance and felt disappointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Osborne did not seem in the least disappointed at this occurrence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An astonishing number of men always _are _getting disappointed there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Still, as I have said already, I am disappointed. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He had probably come to the spot, waited there in the cold, and been greatly disappointed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I might almost say heart-breaking, too, for of all the elusive, disappointing things one ever hunted for that was the worst. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Men and women cannot be brought together in schools or colleges at forty or fifty years of age; and if they could the result would be disappointing. Plato. The Republic.
- I had had my lesson: I had learned how severe for me was the pain of crossing, or grieving, or disappointing him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not at all, was her answer; but depend upon it, he means to be severe on us, and our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask nothing about it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Upon my word, cried Miss Crawford, you are two of the most disappointing and unfeeling kind friends I ever met with! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Time and time again I rose with upstretched hand, only to feel the disappointing rocks close above me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- You choose a cigar, you try it, and it disappoints you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Editor: Zeke