disappointment
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1 disappointment
A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized:
— His hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment.
synoniem: letdown.
Roget 832: discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; dissent etc. 489. disappointment, mortification; cold comfort; regret etc. 833; repining, taking on ... meer laten zien
Roget 509: disappointment; blighted hope, balk; blow; anticlimax; slip 'twixt cup and lip; nonfulfillment of one's hopes; sad disappointment, bitter disappointment; trick of fortune; afterclap; false expectation, vain expectation; miscalculation ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: fiasco, tegenvaller, ontgoocheling, misrekening, flop, desillusie, afknapper, deceptie, teleurstelling
Pools: rozczarowanie, zawód
2 disappointment
An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone.
synoniem: dashing hopes.
Nederlands: deceptie, kater, teleurstelling
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Faustianism, awakening, ban, blackball, blackballing, blighted hope, blow, calamity, chagrin, cold comfort, complaint, dashed hopes, debunking, defeat, dejection, depression, dim view, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval ... meer laten zien.
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