Meanings
- uncountableThe feeling or quality of being disappointed.
It was on this occasion that, suppressing his disappointedness, he asked her amicably […]
1957, Muriel Spark, The Comforters, New York: Avon, Part 2, Chapter 8, p. 1851 more example
[…] The pity came, When on her brow, that little trouble-dint, Or the mouth drooped in disappointedness.
1885, W. G. Wills, Melchior, London: Macmillan, Part 9, p. 199Synonyms: disappointment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe feeling or quality of being disappointed.
Origin
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