'Disappointment' definitions:
Definition of 'disappointment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: disappointment, letdown]
noun
An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: disappointment, dashing hopes]
Definition of 'Disappointment'
From: GCIDE
- Disappointment \Dis`ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]sappointement.]
- 1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. [1913 Webster]
- If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- In disappointment thou canst bless. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which disappoints.
- Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disappointment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- awakening,
- ban,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- calamity,
- chagrin,
- cold comfort,
- complaint,
- dashed hopes,
- debunking,
- defeat,
- dejection,
- depression,
- dim view,
- disagreement,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disaster,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- discouragement,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgruntlement,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- displeasure,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissatisfiedness,
- dissent,
- distaste,
- distress,
- divine discontent,
- enlightenment,
- envy,
- exclusion,
- failure,
- Faustianism,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- frustration,
- hope deferred,
- ill humor,
- indignation,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- mortification,
- objection,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- ostracism,
- peevishness,
- petulance,
- protest,
- querulousness,
- rebelliousness,
- regret,
- rejection,
- resentment,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- return to reality,
- rude awakening,
- sourness,
- sulkiness,
- thumbs-down,
- undeception,
- uneasiness,
- unfulfillment,
- unhappiness,
- unpleasure,
- unsatisfaction,
- unspelling,
- vexation of spirit