disappointed
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd//
- //ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd//
Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
adjective
- 1
Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.
If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.
- 2
Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. Having had a marriage proposal rejected.
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.
- 3
Expressing or indicating disappointment.
a disappointed tone / face / silence
verb
- 1
Also a form of disappointsimple past and past participle of disappoint
Forms
- comparative
- more disappointed
- superlative
- most disappointed
disappointed · Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
disappointing · Causing disappointment.disappointment · The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of…disapprove · To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.