Disappointment

3 definitions found

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

  Disappointment \Dis`ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F.
     d['e]sappointement.]
     1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being
        disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope;
        miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
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              If we hope for things of which we have not
              thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment
              will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of
              them.                                 --Addison.
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              In disappointment thou canst bless.   --Keble.
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     2. That which disappoints.
  
     Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disappointment
       n 1: a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your
            expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high
            he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: {letdown}]
       2: an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: {dashing
          hopes}]

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

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "disappointment":
     Faustianism, awakening, ban, blackball, blackballing,
     blighted hope, blow, calamity, chagrin, cold comfort, complaint,
     dashed hopes, debunking, defeat, dejection, depression, dim view,
     disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disaster, discontent,
     discontentedness, discontentment, discouragement, disenchantment,
     disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment,
     displeasure, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissatisfiedness,
     dissent, distaste, distress, divine discontent, enlightenment,
     envy, exclusion, failure, fiasco, fizzle, frustration,
     hope deferred, ill humor, indignation, low estimation, low opinion,
     mortification, objection, opposition, opposure, ostracism,
     peevishness, petulance, protest, querulousness, rebelliousness,
     regret, rejection, resentment, restiveness, restlessness,
     return to reality, rude awakening, sourness, sulkiness,
     thumbs-down, undeception, uneasiness, unfulfillment, unhappiness,
     unpleasure, unsatisfaction, unspelling, vexation of spirit