disappointment

Meaning

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
3. (countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

Synonyms

frustration

despair

discouragement

regret

letdown

disillusionment

let-down

failure

sadness

anticlimax

pessimism

depression

remorse

disenchantment

disillusion

deception

dissatisfaction

awakening

brokenheartedness

dashing hopes

dismay

downheartedness

exclusion

heartbreak

licking

loss of energy

melancholy

miscalculation

sorrow

tricking

unsuccessfulness

vexation

in despair

lose hope

non-accomplishment

loss of interest

bringdown

fatigue

noncompletion

swizz

unfulfillment

adversity

breaking one’s promise

annoyance

bad luck

baffling

be sorry

bummer

chagrin

compunction

Translations

déception

Enttäuschung

delusione

decepción

desilusión

απογοήτευση

desengaño

désappointement

teleurstelling

disappunto

decepção

disillusione

déconvenue

decepció

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

Etymology

From disappoint + -ment.