English > disappoint: 1 sense > verb 1, emotionMeaning | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The performance is likely to disappoint Sue; The bad news will disappoint him |
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Synonym | let down |
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Entailed by | dissatisfy | fail to satisfy |
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tease | To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them |
Narrower | disenchant, disillusion | Free from enchantment |
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fail, betray | disappoint, prove undependable to |
fall short, come short | fail to meet (expectations or standards) |
Broader | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
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Spanish | decepcionar, defraudar |
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Catalan | decebre, defraudar |
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Nouns | disappointment | an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone |
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disappointment | a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized |