disappoint
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disappoint
- /dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ UK
- /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɪnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English disapointen, disapoynten, from Middle French desapointer, desappointer (modern French désappointer). The word originally meant “to dispossess of an office”, and eventually broadened to mean “to frustrate the expectations or desires of” and “to defeat the realization or fulfillment of”. Modern nonstandard use of the original sense 6 is by analogy with appoint. By surface analysis, dis- + appoint.
verb disappoints · disappointing · disappointed
- To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for. His lack of respect disappointed her.
- To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for). They that haue money in their purse, are afrayde and in doubte, yea and are continuallye martyred with feare, leaste GOD should disappoint them of their pray, and abate their portion.
- To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope). 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 127, 4 June, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 240-241, It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for eminent attainments or superior abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had rai
- To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken. I am sure you will not disappoint my opinion of you, by failing at any time to treat your aunt Norris with the respect and attention that are due to her.
- To prevent (something planned or attempted). He [God] disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- To dispossess (someone) of an office. [W]e may comprehend [regal rights] vnder eight ſoueraigne marks: namely, […] to appoint or to diſappoint the greateſt officers: […]
Opposite: satisfy
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: let down, fail, thwarted, frustrated, frustrate, surprise, frustration, nullify, bother, abandon, renege, delude, betray, thwart, deceive, disillusion
verb
Opposite: satisfy
Translations
Every language
verb to displease by underperforming etc
| Español | decepcionar, desilusionar, defraudar, quedar mal ante, desengañar, desesperanzar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 실망시키다 silmangsikida |
| 日本語 | 失望させる shitsubō saseru |
| 中文 | 使…失望 shǐ ... shīwàng, 辜負 /辜负 gūfù, gūfu, 對不起 /对不起 duìbùqǐ |
| Português | desapontar, decepcionar, dececionar |
| Français | décevoir, désappointer |
| Deutsch | enttäuschen |
| Italiano | deludere, dispiacere, contrariare |
| Ελληνικά | απογοητεύω apogoïtévo |
| Русский | разочаро́вывать razočaróvyvatʹ, разочарова́ть razočarovátʹ, подводи́ть podvodítʹ, подвести́ podvestí |
| Tiếng Việt | làm thất vọng |
| العربية | خَيَّبَ آمَالَهُ ḵayyaba ʔāmālahu |
| עברית | אכזב ikhzév |
verb to deprive
| Français | priver |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | vorenthalten |
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title = {disappoint},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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