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dis⋅ap⋅point⋅ed

[dis-uh-poin-tid]

–adjective

1.	depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.

2.	Obsolete. inadequately appointed; ill-equipped.

Origin:
1545–55; disappoint + -ed ²

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Language Translation for : Disappointed

Spanish:

decepcionado, defraudado,

German:

enttäuscht,

Japanese:

がっかりした

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dis·ap·point   (dĭs'ə-point') Pronunciation Key
v.   dis·ap·point·ed, dis·ap·point·ing, dis·ap·points

v.   tr.

To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
To frustrate or thwart: "I will not disappoint the confidence you have put in me" (Wayne A. Budd).

v. intr.
To cause disappointment.

[Middle English disappointen, from Old French desapointier, to remove from office : des-, dis- + apointer, apointier, to appoint; see appoint.]

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dis·ap·point·ed (dĭs'ə-poin'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj. Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.
dis'ap·point'ed·ly adv.

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disappointed
adjective
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]

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Disappointed

Dis`ap*point"ed\, a. 1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.

2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.]

Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. --Shak.