Disapointed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F.
     d['e]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F.
     appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.]
     1. 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.
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              I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay.
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     Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a
           thing obtained.
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     2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
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              His retiring foe
              Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude;
          foil; defeat. See {Tantalize}.
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