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dis⋅ap⋅point⋅ed

  [dis-uh-poin-tid]
Use disappointed in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
dis⋅ap⋅point⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

dis⋅ap⋅point

  [dis-uh-point]
–verb (used with object)
1. to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
2. to defeat the fulfillment of (hopes, plans, etc.); thwart; frustrate: to be disappointed in love.
–verb (used without object)
3. to bring or cause disappointment.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF desappointer. See dis- 1 , appoint

Related forms:
dis⋅ap⋅point⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. sadden, disillusion, dishearten, disenchant.
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dis·ap·point   (dĭs'ə-point')   
v.   dis·ap·point·ed, dis·ap·point·ing, dis·ap·points

v.   tr.
  1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
  2. 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.]
dis·ap·point·ed   (dĭs'ə-poin'tĭd)   
adj.  Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.
dis'ap·point'ed·ly adv.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : disappointed
Spanish: decepcionado, defraudado,
German: enttäuscht,
Japanese: がっかりした
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