disappointedness

noun

The feeling or quality of being disappointed.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

noundisappointedness (uncountable)
  1. 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. 185
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    […] 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. 199

    Synonyms: disappointment

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe feeling or quality of being disappointed.

Origin

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