Disappointment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Disappointment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Disappointment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disappointment n a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" Synonym(s): disappointment, letdown an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone Synonym(s): disappointment, dashing hopes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disappointment \Dis`appoint"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]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 our pleasure in the fruition of them. --Addison. In disappointment thou canst bless. --Keble. 2. That which disappoints. Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk.