Disappointing

5 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His retiring foe
              Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude;
          foil; defeat. See {Tantalize}.
          [1913 Webster]

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

  disappointing \disappointing\ a.
     defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill
     one's expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a
     disappointing crop yield.
     [PJC]

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

  disappointing \disappointing\ n.
     the act of disappointing someone.
  
     Syn: disappointment, dashing hopes.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disappointing
       adj : not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from
             one who had seemed so promising" [syn: {dissatisfactory},
              {unsatisfying}]

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

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "disappointing":
     disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, displeasing,
     dissatisfactory, falling short, inadequate, incommensurate,
     inferior, insufficient, not good enough, pathetic, poor, sad,
     second best, second-rate, sorry, tantalizing, teasing,
     unfulfilling, ungratifying, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying