disappointment

Noun
Synonyms: letdowndashing hopes

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized“his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment”Synonyms: letdown
  2. an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someoneSynonyms: dashing hopes
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]
In disappointment thou canst bless.— Keble.[1913 Webster]

2.That which disappoints.

Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk. [1913 Webster]

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