Another word for disappointment
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Noun
Unhappiness caused by the failure of one's hopes, desires, or expectations
- To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about:
- To remember with a feeling of loss or sorrow; mourn:
- To feel regret.
- A decrease, decline, or relaxation, as of effort or energy.
- A disappointment:
- The descent made by an aircraft in order to land.
- The condition or feeling of being displeased or unsatisfied; discontent.
- A cause of discontent.
- The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction.
- Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
- A restless longing for better circumstances.
- One who is discontented.
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Another word for disappointment
Noun
The state of being disappointed
- Present participle of balk.
- Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
- A restless longing for better circumstances.
- One who is discontented.
- An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
- A steplike recession in a wall.
- Any of a series of such recessions in the rise of a tall building.
- To free or deprive of illusion.
- The act of disenchanting.
- The condition or fact of being disenchanted.
- A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
- Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons.
- Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.
- an act of disillusioning
- the fact or state of being disillusioned
- Used other than as an idiom: see let,"Ž down.
- To allow to descend.
- (idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody
- The act of discouraging.
- The condition of being discouraged.
- Something that discourages; a deterrent.
- To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to.
- To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.
- To constrain or overcome by harassment.
- The condition or fact of being displeased; dissatisfaction.
- Discomfort, uneasiness, or pain.
- An injurious offense.
- Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.
- The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends:
- One that fails:
- The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
- To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
- To prevent the success of; thwart:
- To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
- A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event:
- To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit:
- The act of preventing the accomplishment or fulfillment of something:
- The feeling or state of being frustrated:
- Something that causes such a feeling or state:
- The condition or feeling of being displeased or unsatisfied; discontent.
- A cause of discontent.
Antonyms:A person or thing that disappoints
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