Meaning of DISAPPOINTED
| Pronunciation: | | `disu'poyntid
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| | Definition: | | [adj] disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" |
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| | Synonyms: | | defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted, unsuccessful |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis`ap*point"ed\, a.
1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a
disappointed person or hope.
2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.]
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled,
disappointed, unaneled. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | against, baffled, balked, beefing, bellyaching, betrayed, bilked, bitching, blase, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, complaining, complaintful, con, crabbing, crabby, cranky, crestfallen, croaking, crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, dejected, disabused, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disheartened, dished, disillusioned, displeased, dissatisfied, dissenting, downcast, downhearted, enlightened, envious, failed, faultfinding, foiled, frustrated, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, ill done-by, ill-served, indignant, let down, low, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring, muttering, opposed, opposing, out of countenance, out of humor, peevish, petulant, poor, put straight, querulant, querulous, rebellious, regretful, resentful, restive, restless, robbed of illusion, saddened, set right, sophisticated, sorely disappointed, soured, sulky, thwarted, turned-off, unaccepting, unaccommodating, unappreciative, unapproving, uncharmed, uncomplimentary, undeceived, undone, uneasy, unfavorable, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, unspelled, whiny |
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