disappoint

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Verb

disappoint (third-person singular simple present disappoints, present participle disappointing, simple past and past participle disappointed)

1. To displease by e.g. underperforming

   His lack of respect disappointed her.

   I am disappointed by this year's revenue.

Antonyms

• satisfy

Derived terms

• disappointed adjective
• disappointing adjective
• disappointment noun

Translations

to displease

Bulgarian: разочаровам (bg) Croatian: razočárati (hr) Czech: zklamat (cs) Danish: skuffe (da) Dutch: teleurstellen (nl) Finnish: tuottaa pettymys (fi) French: décevoir (fr) German: enttäuschen (de) Greek: απογοητεύω (el) (apogoitévo)

Hebrew: אכזב (he) (ikhzév) Hungarian: csalódást okoz (hu), kiábrándít (hu) Polish: rozczarować (pl), zawieść (pl) Portuguese: desapontar (pt) Russian: разочаровывать (ru) (razočaróvyvat') impf., разочаровать (ru) (razočarovát') pf. Spanish: decepcionar (es) Swedish: svika (sv) Vietnamese: làm thất vọng (vi)