disappointed

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/

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disappointed (comparative more disappointed, superlative most disappointed)

1. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

   After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.

   • 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Thel 'Vadamee (Keith David), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Cairo Station:

     If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.

   1. Having had a marriage proposal rejected.
      • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 141:

        Scattered here and there amongst the steerage passengers were men of a different class: men whose previous lives had not fitted them for the hard and uncertain lot that certainly lay before them - pale-faced boys from Melbourne shops; middle-aged and disappointed men; one and all hoping for a turn of luck in the lottery of the newly-discovered goldfield.

2. Expressing or indicating disappointment.

   a disappointed tone / face / silence

The following examples illustrate common usage:

• She was disappointed in you. (i.e. Your actions, attitude, etc. disappointed her.)
• She was disappointed with her performance.
• She was disappointed at being left out.
• She was disappointed to be left out.
• She was disappointed that you didn’t go to her party.

• discomfited
• foiled
• frustrated
• thwarted

• disappointedly
• disappointedness

disappointed

1. simple past and past participle of disappoint