disappointment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
noun an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

From disappoint + -ment.

The outcome: disappointment and anger. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
To what disappointments are they destined! — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs
Holmes's face showed his disappointment and annoyance. — The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

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