Disappointment

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of disappointing.
  • noun. The condition or feeling of being disappointed.
  • noun. One that disappoints.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Defeat or failure of expectation, hope, wish, desire, or intention; miscarriage of design or plan: as, he has had many disappointments in life.
  • noun. The state of being disappointed or defeated in the realization of one's expectation or intention in regard to some matter, or the resulting feeling of depression, mortification, or vexation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
  • noun. That which disappoints.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.
  • noun. A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
  • noun. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
  • Word Usage
    "[Page 221] even with respect to the spiritual interests of beloved friends, where certainly acquiescence in disappointment is most difficult (perhaps in this world impossible) even in this case, there is great consolation in recollecting, that the Judge of all the earth will do right."