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1. (n.) disappointment
the act or fact of disappointing.
2. disappointment
the state or feeling of being disappointed.
3. disappointment
a person or thing that disappoints.
Etymology: (1605–15)
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| Definition of 'disappointment' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) disappointment, letdown
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
"his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
2. (noun) disappointment, dashing hopes
an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
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1. (noun) disappointment
an unhappy feeling when sth is disappointing
the team's disappointment at not winning
2. disappointment
sth or sb that causes sb to be disappointed
the little disappointments in life; He was a disappointment to his father.
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| Definition of 'disappointment' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) disappointment
the act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration
2. (noun) disappointment
that which disappoints
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| Definitions of 'disappointment' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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disappointment
1. The cradle of the ideal.
2. The skeleton of Purpose and the skull and crossbones of Desire.
3. A feeling in regard to the past that comes to every one on the Thirty-first of each December.
4. The final issue of any act begun yesterday, today or tomorrow.
5. The original road to Damascus and Horeb.
6. An alluvium deposited by the waves of Time in the human soul, and which becomes the basis of psychological Mont Blancs.
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