Disappoint
11disappoint — [15] Disappoint (a borrowing from French désappointer) originally meant ‘remove from a post or office, sack’ – that is, literally, ‘deprive of an appointment’; ‘A monarch … hath power … to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers’, Thomas… …
12disappoint — [[t]dɪ̱səpɔ͟ɪnt[/t]] disappoints, disappointing, disappointed VERB If things or people disappoint you, they are not as good as you had hoped, or do not do what you hoped they would do. [V n] She would do anything she could to please him, but she… …
13disappoint — [15] Disappoint (a borrowing from French désappointer) originally meant ‘remove from a post or office, sack’ – that is, literally, ‘deprive of an appointment’; ‘A monarch … hath power … to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers’, Thomas… …
14disappoint — verb Disappoint is used with these nouns as the object: ↑expectation, ↑fan …
15disappoint — [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] verb [I/T] to make someone feel unhappy or not satisfied I hate to disappoint you, but the cake s all gone.[/ex] …
16disappoint — dis•ap•point [[t]ˌdɪs əˈpɔɪnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of 2) to defeat the fulfillment of: to disappoint hopes[/ex] 3) cvb to cause disappointment • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < MF desappointer. See dis I,… …
17disappoint — verb Etymology: Middle English disapointen to dispossess, from Middle French desapointer, from des dis + appointer to arrange more at appoint Date: 15th century transitive verb to fail to meet the expectation or hope of ; frustrate …
18disappoint — disappointer, n. /dis euh poynt /, v.t. 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. v.i. 3. to… …
19disappoint — verb To displease by e.g. underperforming His lack of respect disappointed her. Ant: satisfy …
20disappoint — Synonyms and related words: awaken, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, break the spell, burst the bubble, cast down, circumvent, correct, cross, dash, debunk, deceive, defeat, defeat expectation, disabuse, discontent, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten,… …
