Disappoint

3 definitions found

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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disappoint
       v : fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend
           let her down when he did not propose marriage" [syn: {let
           down}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "disappoint":
     awaken, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, break the spell,
     burst the bubble, cast down, circumvent, correct, cross, dash,
     debunk, deceive, defeat, defeat expectation, disabuse, discontent,
     disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillude, disillusion,
     disillusionize, displease, dissatisfy, drive to despair, enlighten,
     expose, fail, foil, frustrate, let down, let down easy, let in on,
     mislead, prick the bubble, put out, put straight, ruin, set right,
     set straight, show up, stand up, tantalize, tease, tell the truth,
     thwart, unblindfold, uncharm, undeceive, undo, unspell, wake up