Meanings
comparative more disappointed · superlative most disappointed
- Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.
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If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.
2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Thel 'Vadamee (Keith David), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Cairo Station- Having had a marriage proposal rejected.
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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.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 141
- Expressing or indicating disappointment.
a disappointed tone / face / silence
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of disappoint
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedisappointingly unsuccessful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans teleurgesteld
- teleurgestelddefeated of hope or expectation
Arabic خَائِب الأَمَل
- خَائِب الأَمَل (ḵāʔib al-ʔamal)defeated of hope or expectation
Basque etsite
- etsitedefeated of hope or expectation
Bulgarian разочаро́ван
- разочаро́ван (razočaróvan)defeated of hope or expectation
Catalan decebut
- decebutdefeated of hope or expectation
Chinese Mandarin 敗興 /败兴, 失望
- 敗興 /败兴 (bàixìng)defeated of hope or expectation
- 失望 (shīwàng)defeated of hope or expectation
Czech rozčarovaný, zklamaný
- rozčarovanýdefeated of hope or expectation
- zklamanýdefeated of hope or expectation
Danish skuffet, skuffede
- skuffetdefeated of hope or expectation
- skuffededefeated of hope or expectation
Dutch teleurgesteld
- teleurgestelddefeated of hope or expectation
Esperanto seniluziigita, elrevigita
- seniluziigitadefeated of hope or expectation
- elrevigitadefeated of hope or expectation
Finnish pettynyt
- pettynytdefeated of hope or expectation
French déçu
- déçudefeated of hope or expectation
German enttäuscht
- enttäuschtdefeated of hope or expectation
Greek απογοητευμένος
- απογοητευμένος (apogoïtevménos)defeated of hope or expectation
Hebrew מאוכזב
- מאוכזב (meukhzav)defeated of hope or expectation
Hindi निराश
- निराश (nirāś)defeated of hope or expectation
Hungarian csalódott
- csalódottdefeated of hope or expectation
Icelandic vonsvikinn, vonbrigðum
- vonsvikinndefeated of hope or expectation
- vonbrigðumdefeated of hope or expectation
Indonesian kecewa
- kecewadefeated of hope or expectation
Irish díomách, díomá a bheith ort
- díomáchdefeated of hope or expectation
- díomá a bheith ortdefeated of hope or expectation
Italian deluso
- delusodefeated of hope or expectation
Japanese 失望した
- 失望した (shitsubō shita)defeated of hope or expectation
Korean 실망하다
- 실망하다 (silmanghada)defeated of hope or expectation
Latin dēstitūtus
- dēstitūtusdefeated of hope or expectation
Latvian vīlušies, vīlies
- vīlušiesdefeated of hope or expectation
- vīliesdefeated of hope or expectation
Lithuanian nusivylusi, nusivylęs
- nusivylusidefeated of hope or expectation
- nusivylęsdefeated of hope or expectation
Malay kecewa
- kecewadefeated of hope or expectation
Māori ngere, matekiri
- ngeredefeated of hope or expectation
- matekiridefeated of hope or expectation
- pāpōuridefeated of hope or expectation
Norwegian skuffet
- skuffetdefeated of hope or expectation
Polish rozczarowany, zawiedziony
- rozczarowanydefeated of hope or expectation
- zawiedzionydefeated of hope or expectation
Portuguese decepcionado, desapontado
- decepcionadodefeated of hope or expectation
- desapontadodefeated of hope or expectation
Punjabi ਨਿਰਾਸ਼
- ਨਿਰਾਸ਼ (nirāś)defeated of hope or expectation
Romanian dezamăgit, decepționat
- dezamăgitdefeated of hope or expectation
- decepționatdefeated of hope or expectation
Russian разочаро́ванный
- разочаро́ванный (razočaróvannyj)defeated of hope or expectation
Slovak sklamaný
- sklamanýdefeated of hope or expectation
Spanish decepcionado
- decepcionadodefeated of hope or expectation
Swedish besviken
- besvikendefeated of hope or expectation
Tagalog bigo
- bigodefeated of hope or expectation
Tamil ஏமாற்றம்
- ஏமாற்றம் (ēmāṟṟam)defeated of hope or expectation
Thai ผิดหวัง, สิ้นหวัง
- ผิดหวัง (pìt-wǎng)defeated of hope or expectation
- สิ้นหวัง (sîn-wǎng)defeated of hope or expectation
Turkish hayal kırıklığına uğramış
- hayal kırıklığına uğramışdefeated of hope or expectation
Ukrainian розчаро́ваний
- розчаро́ваний (rozčaróvanyj)defeated of hope or expectation
Vietnamese thất vọng
- thất vọngdefeated of hope or expectation
Welsh siomedig
- siomedigdefeated of hope or expectation
Yiddish אַנטוישט, פֿאַרקלעמט
- אַנטוישט (antoysht)defeated of hope or expectation
- פֿאַרקלעמט (farklemt)defeated of hope or expectation
- פֿאַרטאַראַראַמט (fartararamt)defeated of hope or expectation
- צעטראָגן (tsetrogn)defeated of hope or expectation
- פֿאַרחושכט (farkhoyshekht)defeated of hope or expectation
Zulu badumazeke
- badumazekedefeated of hope or expectation
Cite this entry
disappointed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disappointed
“disappointed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disappointed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disappointed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disappointed.
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