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

  Disappointed \Dis`ap*point"ed\, a.
     1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a
        disappointed person or hope.
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     2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.]


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              Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,
              Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled.   --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disappointed
       adj : 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" [syn: {defeated},
              {discomfited}, {foiled}, {frustrated}, {thwarted}]

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

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "disappointed":
     against, baffled, balked, beefing, bellyaching, betrayed, bilked,
     bitching, blase, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, complaining,
     complaintful, con, crabbing, crabby, cranky, crestfallen, croaking,
     crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, dejected, disabused,
     disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, discouraged,
     disenchanted, disgruntled, disheartened, dished, disillusioned,
     displeased, dissatisfied, dissenting, downcast, downhearted,
     enlightened, envious, failed, faultfinding, foiled, frustrated,
     griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, ill done-by,
     ill-served, indignant, let down, low, malcontent, malcontented,
     murmuring, muttering, opposed, opposing, out of countenance,
     out of humor, peevish, petulant, poor, put straight, querulant,
     querulous, rebellious, regretful, resentful, restive, restless,
     robbed of illusion, saddened, set right, sophisticated,
     sorely disappointed, soured, sulky, thwarted, turned-off,
     unaccepting, unaccommodating, unappreciative, unapproving,
     uncharmed, uncomplimentary, undeceived, undone, uneasy,
     unfavorable, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied,
     unspelled, whiny
  
  

















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