Meaning of disappointment | Babel Free

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1. 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.
   uncountable
2. An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
   countable
3. Unhappiness caused by the failure of one's hopes, desires, or expectations:discontent, discontentment, disgruntlement, dissatisfaction, letdown, regret.
4. Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
   countable
5. to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of. London disappointed her after all she had heard about it. teleurstel, nie aan verwagtings voldoen nie يُخيِّب الأمَل разочаровам decepcionar zklamat enttäuschen skuffe απογοητεύωdecepcionar, defraudar pettumust valmistama ناامید کردن؛ دلسرد کردن pettää odotukset décevoir לְאָכזֵב निराश करना, हताश करना razočarati kiábrándít mengecewakan valda vonbrigðum deludere 失望させる 실망시키다 nuvilti pievilt cerības mengecewakan teleurstellenskuffe, svikerozczarowa...
6. I was disappointed to hear that the party had been cancelled; a group of disappointed children. teleurgesteld خائِب الأمَل разочарован decepcionado zklamaný enttäuscht skuffet απογοητευμένοςdecepcionado, defraudado pettunud مأیوس؛ دلسرد pettynyt déçuמאוכזב हतोत्साहित izjaloviti se csalódott kecewa vonsvikinn deluso がっかりした 낙담한 nusivylęs, apviltas vīlies; sarūgtināts kecewa teleurgesteldskuffetrozczarowany, zawiedziony نا امید کول decepcionado dezamăgit разочарованный sklamaný razočaran razočar...
7. disappointing results. teleurstellende مُخَيِّب للآمال който разочарова decepcionante neuspokojující, zklamávající enttäuschend skuffende απογοητευτικόςdecepcionante pettumust valmistav ناامید کننده؛ دلسرد کننده pettymyksen aiheuttava déce- vant מאכזב निराशाजनक koji razočarava kellemetlen mengecewakan sem veldur vonbrigðum deludente がっかりさせる 실망시키는 apviliantis sarūgtinošs mengecewakan teleurstellendskuffendeniezadowalający نا امید کول decepcionante dezamăgitor разочаровывающий neuspokojujúci ne...
8. Her disappointment was obvious from her face; His failure was a great disappointment to his wife. teleurstelling, verydeling خَيْبَة أمَل разочарование decepção zklamání die Enttäuschung skuffelse απογοήτευσηdecepción pettumus ناامیدی؛ سرخوردگی pettymys déceptionאכזבה आशा भंग, निराशा, विफलता razočaranje , kiábrándulás kekecewaan vonbrigði delusione 失望 실망 nusivylimas vilšanās; sarūgtinājums kekecewaan teleurstellingskuffelserozczarowanie, zawód نا امید کول decepção decepţie; dezamăgire разочар...
9. contrariedad; desengaño, desilusión.
10. The act of disappointing.
11. One that disappoints.
12. the act of disappointing or the state of being disappointed
13. a person, thing, or state of affairs that disappoints

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Examples

“Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.”

“They remembered too keenly their pleasant credulity as to what to-morrow would bring forth, to dare indulge expectation of its pleasure; they had been disappointed once—so might they be again—for disappointment ever leaves fear behind.”

“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."”

“The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.”

“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.”

“Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.”

“What a disappointment!”

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