DISAPPOINTMENT
\dˌɪsɐpˈɔ͡ɪntmənt], \dˌɪsɐpˈɔɪntmənt], \d_ˌɪ_s_ɐ_p_ˈɔɪ_n_t_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DISAPPOINTMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
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a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
By Princeton University
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an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
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a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Failure of expectation; depression caused by failure; that which causes failure of expectation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of disappointing, or state of being disappointed; failure of expectation or hope;—that which disappoints;—miscarriage; frustration; balk.
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Defeat of hopes, miscarriage of expectations.
By Thomas Sheridan
