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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disappointment
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a huge success/disappointment etc
▪ The play was a huge success.
hide your disappointment/embarrassment/confusion etc
▪ She laughed to hide her nervousness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ She'd had a big disappointment, she told me.
▪ But perhaps the biggest disappointment has been Jim Thome.
▪ But for us the bigger disappointments unquestionably are associated with Mr Bush, and they begin with foreign policy.
▪ The biggest disappointment so far is shooting guard Dion Cross, who has been anything but.
▪ A big disappointment for me was the fact that Ron wasn't there.
▪ Their biggest disappointment was the re-election of North Carolina Republican Sen.
▪ I was a big disappointment to her all round.
bitter
▪ There is no doubt that the outcome of that long campaign, the Act itself, was a bitter disappointment to working-class radicals.
▪ Except, of course, for the bitter disappointment of his day lilies.
▪ Even in pure mathematics, he met with one bitter disappointment.
▪ To your bitter disappointment your request to go to a meeting in another town is turned down. 7.
▪ At this point he was overcome with bitter disappointment.
▪ Their bitter disappointment with Netanyahu and his government was not primarily political.
▪ This was a bitter disappointment to Oliver, but his new friends were still as kind to him as ever.
▪ Bishop carefully watched as first bitter disappointment and then professional concern chased startled horror from the woman's face.
deep
▪ As we travel through life, we begin to realize that grief and deep disappointments lie beneath the surface of our lives.
▪ They still resent the deep disappointment that has followed attempts to imitate the West.
▪ There had been deep disappointment in the Conservative Party with the results of their own reform of local government.
▪ A sense of deep and profound disappointment.
▪ Jess felt such a deep sense of disappointment that she was startled by it.
great
▪ In many cases this is due to great disappointment: if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself?
▪ Disposal of the birds would cause great disappointment.
▪ It would have been a great disappointment if some one hadn't taken Don's place.
▪ Honderich's book is a great disappointment.
▪ The resuscitated patients often speak of a great sense of disappointment and loss on waking.
▪ It was a great disappointment to me.
▪ The proof of the pudding was in the eating: the modusvivendi turned out to be a great disappointment.
▪ The Marre Committee was born, but its report was a great disappointment.
huge
▪ That cabinet came as a huge disappointment to the public and opposition, contributing much to the present unstable atmosphere.
▪ Both tactically and technically the All Ireland champions were a huge disappointment.
major
▪ Chriselton similar, but the usually prolific Church Eaton a major disappointment.
▪ But Hilda, wrote Harsnet, a major disappointment.
▪ The words of my sister, wrote Harsnet, a major disappointment.
only
▪ The only disappointment may come if stocks are all sold out!
▪ And with Everton and Chelsea also winning, the only disappointment is that Celtic lost to Rangers.
▪ Not finding them was my only disappointment.
▪ There was only disappointment though for Alan Patterson and Mark Coates.
■ VERB
avoid
▪ For these periods we would recommend you book early to avoid disappointment.
▪ Awareness of some of the pitfalls of slow-rise breadmaking should allow the home baker to avoid failure or disappointment.
▪ A steady demand was maintained during the building programme with prospective purchasers queuing on occasions to avoid disappointment.
▪ Atkinson believed that in order to avoid a similar disappointment with his new creation, he would have to leave the company.
▪ How to book Be sure to book early to avoid disappointment.
▪ Full details and booking forms are available from Please book now to avoid disappointment.
▪ Availability of four bedded rooms is, however, limited and we recommend you book early to avoid disappointment.
▪ To avoid disappointment, it's best to telephone to see what's still available.
express
▪ But they expressed disappointment that sales decisions failed to match the Government's rhetoric.
▪ They expressed strong disappointment at not being included but offered numerous suggestions for Rice to consider.
▪ If I expressed disagreement or disappointment in forceful language and then forgot about it, McFarlane evidently did not.
▪ He also expressed his disappointment at the lack of support from his colleagues in academic circles.
▪ Whenever I expressed my disappointment in it, he asked where in the world was there anything better.
▪ Would-be grandparents can express their disappointment at not acquiring the longed-for grandchild.
▪ He expressed disappointment in the Clinton presidency, saying Bill Clinton had undercut minorities by backing off strong affirmative-action programs.
feel
▪ She felt a rush of disappointment.
▪ You never expressed to them or to anyone any feeling of betrayal or disappointment.
▪ The purist will feel the greatest disappointment though in the abandonment of any notion that pitches should be uncovered.
▪ For a few moments I felt disappointment.
hide
▪ He put Bonaventure down, stood, and broadened his smile, to hide his disappointment.
▪ It is impossible to hide your disappointments if they are embodied in a 770-foot-high building like Worldwide Plaza.
▪ Some of them were unable to hide their disappointment at being cheated out of the chance of facing the enemy.
▪ The 36-year-old blonde beauty was unable to hide her bitter disappointment at failing to win her libel action against the People.
prove
▪ Those protests reflected popular desires for democracy, but Mr Gbagbo has proved a disappointment to those awaiting a new era.
▪ A pilgrimage to Grantchester proved a literary disappointment.
▪ Jean-Baptiste-Sime on Chardin, however, proves anything but a disappointment.
▪ But the first public glimpses of the charter were proving to be a disappointment.
suffer
▪ What strategies are you using to cope with pain, suffering, failure or disappointment?
▪ They were all fine regiments which had to suffer the disappointment of amalgamation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stab of pain/disappointment/fear etc
▪ As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs, he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle.
▪ I bit my arm and was grateful for the stab of pain, for the resistance of the bone beneath the skin.
▪ I felt a sharp stab of disappointment and was surprised and angry at myself.
▪ Instinctively he rolled in the saddle and felt the white-hot stab of pain as something sharp scored a line across his shoulders.
▪ She stretched, and little stabs of pain shot through her.
▪ Supposing, he thought, with a stab of fear, he was never going to have any friends?
▪ The policeman pinched his eyes as if overcome with a sudden stab of pain.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Julie tried to smile, but her disappointment showed through.
▪ The Giants have been a disappointment all season.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But despite enthusiasm and hard work, disappointment and disillusion are the main reward.
▪ For much of the way he talked about his disappointment, going over the details of his discussions with Gorbachev.
▪ Home-baked pizza is often a disappointment because of one simple error: too much sauce.
▪ I felt a sharp stab of disappointment and was surprised and angry at myself.
▪ Inevitably, the result is disappointment and loss of confidence by those being served.
▪ The headmistress looked at the envelope in her hand with interested disappointment.
▪ The Kurd made a long noise in his throat which she presumed to indicate disappointment.
▪ The one single disappointment to Stanley during his recovery was his inability to read.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disappointment

Disappointment \Dis`ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]sappointement.]

  1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

    If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them.
    --Addison.

    In disappointment thou canst bless.
    --Keble.

  2. That which disappoints.

    Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disappointment

1610s, "fact of disappointing;" see disappoint + -ment. Meaning "state or feeling of being disappointed" is from 1756. Meaning "a thing that disappoints" is from 1756.

Wiktionary
disappointment

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met. 2 (context countable English) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.

WordNet
disappointment

  1. n. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: letdown]

  2. an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: dashing hopes]

Wikipedia
Disappointment

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person feeling regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself. It is a source of psychological stress. The study of disappointment—its causes, impact, and the degree to which individual decisions are motivated by a desire to avoid it—is a focus in the field of decision analysis, as disappointment is one of two primary emotions involved in decision-making.

Disappointment (disambiguation)

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest.

Disappointment may also refer to:

  • Camp Disappointment, the northernmost campsite of the Lewis and Clark expedition
  • Disappointment Creek (Utukok River), a river in North Slope Borough, Alaska
  • Disappointment Island, one of seven uninhabited islands of the archipelago Auckland Islands
  • Disappointment Islands, a small group of coral atolls
  • Disappointment Mountain, a peak in the Sawtooth Mountains, Minnesota
  • Disappointment Peak (Wyoming), a peak in the Teton Range
  • Lake Disappointment, an ephemeral salt lake
  • Mount Disappointment (California), a mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains
  • Mount Disappointment (Australia) in Victoria, Australia
  • "Disappointment", a song by The Cranberries from No Need to Argue

Usage examples of "disappointment".

It was growing late, and as the shadows blackened he walked faster, till once more the lane began to descend, there was a sharp turn, and he found himself, with a good deal of relief, and a little disappointment, on familiar ground.

But for Adams the house was to be the setting of great disappointment and much sorrow.

When she saw Arian leave with his parents, a feeling of relief laced with disappointment twisted her insides.

Young maids were set atwitter by the notion that such a daring and handsome gallant would be housed in the manor, but their smiles drooped in disappointment when the word was given that his lordship would be taking his lady to his country estate when the morning came.

Jacques-Marie Houdon was a barely discreet four steps behind Norma Bellini, Madoc noted with no great feeling of disappointment.

Well, the first moments of it were already something of a disappointment, though Commander Blenheim was not sure why.

If there was a disappointment on these tapes, it was a Gotti reference to the Castellano hit.

Her only real disappointment was that Lester Mon Dama had been called back to Irrya yesterday.

For neither of them was the Orient exhausted by their uses of it, even if there is often a quality of disappointment, disenchantment, or demystification to be found in their Oriental writings.

Hounslow, not the mysterious Saint of Seven Dials, she saw with a tiny pang of disappointment.

They will not form a wrong opinion of me when they see one emptying the purse of my friends to satisfy my fancies, for those friends entertained idle schemes, and by giving them the hope of success I trusted to disappointment to cure them.

Frequently the beautiful white kind is sought for by the typical name only, so that if a plant were supplied accordingly there would be disappointment at seeing a somewhat coarse specimen, with small rosy flowers, instead of a bold and beautiful plant with a base of large vine-shaped foliage and strong stems, numerously furnished with large white flowers, quite 2in.

But this being locked, hope, the only balm of affliction, forsook her, and had she not felt the indispensible necessity of actual exertion, this new disappointment would have overthrown her purpose.

The disappointment caused by its prognostic inaccuracy was as pathetic as the circumstances surrounding the sudden renown of leading futurologists were amusing.

The truth of these suggestions was plausible, and the noble Genoese drew back in cold disappointment.