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/dˌɪsəpˈɔɪnt/ Listen

verb

Disappoint v. t. (past & past part. disapointed; pres. part. disappointing)

To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. "I was disappointed, but very agreeably." Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained.

To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. "His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow."

Synonyms: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disappoint" Quotes from Famous Books

... invariably admired Alice, and some one had spoken of her as the noblest example of the modern gentlewoman. She was sure she could not grow up to be any thing like that. She was quite confident that she was going to disappoint her family. She wondered if people would like her better if she were discreet like Alice, and less like her brother Ted. If Mr. Clay, for instance, would like her better? She wondered if he disapproved of her riding ...

— Soldiers of Fortune • Richard Harding Davis

... the tea-cups, noticed nothing strange in his manner, nor did his answer disappoint her much. She was quite aware that he did not take an absorbing interest in the questions which engrossed so much of ...

— The Guinea Stamp - A Tale of Modern Glasgow • Annie S. Swan

... in a constrained voice, "it grieves me to disappoint you in your projects, but what ...

— A Cardinal Sin • Eugene Sue

... only one place for me," he replied. "I can't disappoint any one. I shall sleep in ...

— The Great Impersonation • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... become a saint." To which Ferdinand answered with humility:—"When you hear that it is so, you will doubtless give praise to God." He was not satisfied with having changed his order; he chose likewise to change his name, in order by that means to disappoint those who might endeavor to seek for him; and as St. Anthony was the titular saint of the convent, he begged the superior to call him Anthony, which is the name he was ever after known by, and to which ...

— The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi • Father Candide Chalippe

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