Found 3 items, similar to disappoint.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: disappoint
mengecewakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: disappoint
disappoint
v : fail to meet the hopes or expectations of;
“Her boyfriend
let her down when he did not propose marriage” [syn:
let down
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Disappoint
Disappoint
\Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disapointed;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disappointing.] [OF. desapointier, F.
d['e]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F.
appointier, to appoint. See
Appoint.]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the
attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired;
to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or
expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions,
expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season
disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints
an enemy of his spoil.
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I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay.
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Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a
thing obtained.
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2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
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His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
--Addison.
Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude;
foil; defeat. See
Tantalize.
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