disappointment
/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ noun B1- The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens. · Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.
- An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved. · The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.
- Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment. · Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.· What a disappointment!
Plural disappointments
From the library
When they had dragged the nets to the shore they found but few fish: the nets were full of sand and stones, and the men were beyond measure cast down so much at the disappointment which had befallen them, but because they had formed such very different expectations.
I don’t feel that I could endure the disappointment if anything happened to prevent me from getting to the picnic.
He had spoken in jesting vein, but the twitching of his bushy eyebrows bespoke his disappointment and irritation.
Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment.
Learn disappointment in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.