disappointed

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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

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.

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.]

dis·ap·point·ed (dĭs'ə-poin'tĭd)

adj. Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.
dis'ap·point'ed·ly adv.

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."

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