Another word for disappoint
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Verb
To cause unhappiness by failing to satisfy the hopes, desires, or expectations of
- To deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
- To make discontent or cross; to cause being in a bad temper.
- To displease.
- To fail to satisfy; make discontented; displease
- To fail to satisfy; disappoint.
- (Idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody
- Used other than as an idiom: see let,"Ž down.
- (Intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
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Another word for disappoint
Verb
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- To give such a grade of failure to (a student):
- To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum in (a course, for example):
- To give way or be made otherwise useless as a result of excessive strain:
- (Intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
- (Idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody
- Used other than as an idiom: see let,"Ž down.
- (Obsolete) To frustrate the hopes or plans of.
- To fool, as by false promises or wrong notions; mislead; deceive; trick
- To cause to hold a false belief; deceive thoroughly:
- To use deceit; lie
- To give a false impression:
- To cause to believe what is not true; mislead.
- To displease.
- To fail to satisfy; make discontented; displease
- To fail to satisfy; disappoint.
- To make discontent or cross; to cause being in a bad temper.
- To free from illusion or false ideas; disenchant
- To take away the ideals or idealism of and make disappointed, bitter, etc.
- To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- To deprive of courage or enthusiasm; discourage; depress; daunt
- To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit.
- To arouse bitter feelings in:
- To make bitter in flavor.
- To cause to be bitter.
- To upset the composure of; embarrass; confuse
- To cause to lose composure; embarrass or confuse:
- To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.
- To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit:
- To make or become sad
- (Idiomatic) to be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient
- To become frustrated
- To prevent from coming to fruition or fulfillment; render ineffectual:
- To cause to have no effect; bring to nothing; counteract; nullify
- To annoy, harass, or tease
- To annoy, pester, or harass:
- To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
- To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.
- To excite sexually without intending to satisfy the desire aroused
- To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
- To cause (an embryo or fetus) to be expelled so as to end its life
- To fail to be completed
- To stop the progress of (a disease, for example).
- To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of:
- To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
- To hinder, obstruct, frustrate, or defeat (a person, plans, etc.)
- To apply the FOIL algorithm to.
- To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers.
- (Rare) To serve as a contrast to
- To impede the force or movement of (a fluid).
- To check the interference of (low-frequency sound waves) in a radio, phonograph, etc. by the use of a baffle
- To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action:
- To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
- To break down; fail
- To cause to founder.
- To make no longer pleased with or charmed by someone or something
- To free someone from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
- To nullify a spell or magic enchantment
- (--- Baseball) To make an illegal motion before pitching, allowing one or more base runners to advance one base.
- To obstruct or thwart; foil
- To stop and obstinately refuse to move or act
- To do or make things badly or clumsily
- To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch.
- To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
- To deprive of contentment; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
- To lead into error (of judgment); deceive or delude
- To lead into wrongdoing; influence badly
- To give a wrong impression or lead toward a wrong conclusion, especially by intentionally deceiving.
- (Idiomatic) To have a disastrous outcome.
- (Intransitive) For a vessel to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float.
- To cause a vessel to run aground.
- To lose excitement, to become less exciting.
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