disappoint[verb]Synonyms: let down, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dismay, dissatisfy, fail
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
dis‧ap‧point W3 /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
verb [intransitive and transitive] [
Word Family: adjective:
disappointed,
disappointing;
verb:
disappoint;
noun:
disappointment;
adverb:
disappointingly]
[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: desapointier, from apointier 'to arrange']
1. to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for did not happen or was not as good as they expected:
I hated to disappoint her. Great things were expected of this band, and they didn’t disappoint.2. disappoint sb’s hopes/expectations/plans to prevent something from happening that someone hoped for or expected:
The Berlin settlement of 1878 disappointed Russian hopes in the Balkans. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲