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Adjective
disappointed (comparative more disappointed, superlative most disappointed)
- 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.
- 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.
- Expressing or indicating disappointment.
- a disappointed tone / face / silence
Usage notes
The following examples illustrate common usage:
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Derived terms
Translations
defeated of hope or expectation
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Verb
disappointed
- simple past and past participle of disappoint
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