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disappoint::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | let down |
| Type of | baffle, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart, bilk, cross |
| Has types | betray, fail, come short, fall short, disenchant, disillusion |
| Derivation | disappointment |
Examples of disappoint
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Ten Thousand Waves didn't disappoint in my nearly hour-long therapeutic massage.
From the chron.com
As Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton had done before him, Obama did not disappoint.
From the washingtonpost.com
Expectations may be low, but America's housing industry continues to disappoint.
From the forbes.com
My point is, I was counting on people being softies, and they didn't disappoint.
From the sacbee.com
The Texans can wow you at times, but they're going to disappoint you in the end.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Flyers coach John Stevens selected Giroux, and the right wing didn't disappoint.
From the usatoday.com
It has been billed as an equal-opportunity offender, and he does not disappoint.
From the denverpost.com
If cruising in comfort and style is your intention, the LR2 will not disappoint.
From the businessweek.com
The start did not disappoint as each team scored within the first three minutes.
From the post-gazette.com
- Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
- (disappointed) defeated: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
- (disappointing) not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
- (disappointment) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
- (disappointment) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
- "Disappointed" was the fourth single by the English band Electronic. Like their first single "Getting Away with It" it featured Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys as well as founding members Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner. ...
- (Disappointed (song)) "Disappointed" is the first single taken from Public Image Ltd.'s, 1989 album, 9. It reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart at #38 and reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US.
- (The Disappointment) The Disappointment, or The Force of Credulity is a ballad opera in two acts with a prologue and epilogue, to a text by an unknown author writing under the pseudonym "Andrew Barton". ...
- (The Disappointment (Aphra Behn)) "The Disappointment" is a poem written by Aphra Behn. It was first published in 1680 (see 1680 in poetry) in Rochestor's Poems on Several Occasions.
