disappoint

disappoint
I
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. fail, let down, delude, deceive, dissatisfy, disgruntle, disillusion, dishearten, tantalize, embitter, disconcert, chagrin, sadden, put out, fall short, cast down, ruin one's prospects, dash one's hopes, frustrate, torment, tease, miscarry, abort, thwart, foil, baffle, founder, disenchant, balk, bring to naught, bungle, fail to live up to the expectations of, leave unsatisfied, discontent, mislead, come to nothing, come to naught, come to grief, meet with disaster, run aground, fall down on*, knock the props from under*, go up in smoke*, fizzle out*, be a flash in the pan*, fall flat*, stand up*, leave in the lurch*.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
let down, sadden, deflate, *dash one's hopes, *burst one's bubble, fall short, fail, disillusion, displease, disenchant, frustrate, dishearten.
ANT.: live up to expectations, hearten, encourage, fulfill, satisfy
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To cause unhappiness by failing to satisfy the hopes, desires, or expectations of: discontent, disgruntle, dissatisfy, let down. See HAPPY.

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  • Disappoint — Dis ap*point , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[ e]sappointer; pref. des (L. dis ) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • disappoint — I verb break one s promise to, cause discontent, dash one s expectation, deicere, discourage, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, disillusionize, displease, dissatisfy, fail, frustrari, hinder, let down, make dissatisfied, ruin one s …   Law dictionary

  • disappoint — early 15c., dispossess of appointed office, from M.Fr. desappointer (14c.) undo the appointment, remove from office, from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + appointer appoint (see APPOINT (Cf. appoint)). Modern sense of to frustrate expectations (late… …   Etymology dictionary

  • disappoint — [v] sadden, dismay; frustrate abort, baffle, balk, bring to naught, bungle, cast down, chagrin, circumvent, come to nothing, dash, dash hopes*, deceive, delude, disconcert, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound,… …   New thesaurus

  • disappoint — ► VERB 1) fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of. 2) prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized. DERIVATIVES disappointing adjective disappointment noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «deprive of a position»; from Old French… …   English terms dictionary

  • disappoint — [dis΄ə point′] vt. [ME disapointen < OFr desapointer: see DIS & APPOINT] 1. to fail to satisfy the hopes or expectations of; leave unsatisfied 2. to undo or frustrate (a plan, intention, etc.); balk; thwart disappointingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • disappoint */*/ — UK [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms disappoint : present tense I/you/we/they disappoint he/she/it disappoints present participle disappointing past tense disappointed past participle disappointed to make someone feel… …   English dictionary

  • disappoint — dis|ap|point [ˌdısəˈpɔınt] v [I and T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: desapointier, from apointier to arrange ] 1.) to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for did not happen or was not as good as they expected ▪ I… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • disappoint — dis|ap|point [ ,dısə pɔınt ] verb intransitive or transitive ** to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for or expected did not happen or because someone or something was not as good as they expected: I hate to disappoint you,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • disappoint — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel sad because something they hoped for or expected did not happen: I m sorry to disappoint you, but I can t come after all. | You disappoint me, Eric. I expected better. 2 disappoint sb s hopes/expectations to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • disappoint — [15] Disappoint (a borrowing from French désappointer) originally meant ‘remove from a post or office, sack’ – that is, literally, ‘deprive of an appointment’; ‘A monarch … hath power … to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers’, Thomas… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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