disappoint in English: To make someone feel sad because something was not as good as they hoped. (verb)

Translation

To make someone feel sad because something was not as good as they hoped.

Word origin

From Old French desapointer, first meaning to remove someone from a post; the sense of failed hopes came later.

Verb typeregular (disappoint, disappoints, disappointed)

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"Disappoint" means to make you feel let down.

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"Disappointed" describes how the news made her feel.

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Here it means to make them sad by failing them.

sad

Feeling unhappy, often wanting to cry.

hope

To want something to happen and feel that it might.

upset

Feeling unhappy, sad, or angry because something bad has happened.

sorry

Feeling sad about something you did wrong or about something bad that happened.

fail

To not do something that you tried to do, or to not pass a test.

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