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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


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


dis⋅ap⋅point⋅er, noun


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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Word Origin & History

disappoint 
1434, from M.Fr. desappointer "undo the appointment, remove from office," from des- "dis" + appointer "appoint." Modern sense of "to frustrate expectations" (1494) is from secondary meaning of "fail to keep an appointment."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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