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disappointment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | letdown |
| Type of | dissatisfaction |
| Has types | defeat, frustration |
| Derivation | disappoint |
his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment.
disappointment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dashing hopes |
| Type of | failure |
| Derivation | disappoint |
Examples of disappointment
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The public, always a disappointment to Washington, is not buying enough of them.
From the newsweek.com
I suppose my biggest disappointment with the show came from the musical numbers.
From the stltoday.com
Even the little Lord Vader, when he finally appeared, was a mild disappointment.
From the sfgate.com
Speaking of Marvin, the big disappointment at Blackbyrd is the large back patio.
From the washingtonpost.com
My two sons wept, many men fainted, some people actually died of disappointment.
From the independent.co.uk
The major disappointment on our road test car was the quality of the gearchange.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
There was no disguising the disappointment of foreign policy types this morning.
From the economist.com
Musial, batting at the time, kicked the dirt as if to convey his disappointment.
From the stltoday.com
I think you're making a big mistake.'But I went and it was a big disappointment.
From the latimes.com
- A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
- An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
- (disappoint) 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"
- 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" is a poem written by Aphra Behn. It was first published in 1680 (see 1680 in poetry) in Rochestor's Poems on Several Occasions.
- "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.
