See disappoint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for disappoint meaning in English (16.6kB)
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "satisfy"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "disappointed adjective"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "disappointing adjective"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "disappointer noun"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "disappointment noun"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "desapointer"
},
"expansion": "Middle French desapointer",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "désappointer"
},
"expansion": "French désappointer",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French desapointer (compare French désappointer); .",
"forms": [
{
"form": "disappoints",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "disappointing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "disappointed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "disappointed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "disappoint (third-person singular simple present disappoints, present participle disappointing, simple past and past participle disappointed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 39 22 4 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 31 27 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His lack of respect disappointed her.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I was disappointed by last year’s revenue.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I’m Dying, New York: Knopf, Part 2, “Transition,”",
"text": "My father liked his rice light and fluffy, but separate. […] Since he’d gone so long without a taste, the possibility of disappointing him weighed heavily on my mother.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for."
],
"id": "en-disappoint-en-verb-a-ekCro9",
"links": [
[
"sadden",
"sadden"
],
[
"displease",
"displease"
],
[
"underperform",
"underperform"
],
[
"deliver",
"deliver"
],
[
"promised",
"promised"
],
[
"hope",
"hope"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hiastʿapʿecʿnel",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "հիասթափեցնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rasčaravácʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "расчарава́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razočarovam",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "разочаровам"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "decebre"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ ... shīwàng",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "使…失望"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "辜負"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gūfù, gūfu",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "辜负"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "對不起"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duìbùqǐ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "对不起"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "zklamat"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "skuffe"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "teleurstellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "malkontentigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "tuottaa pettymys"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "décevoir"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "désappointer"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "decepcionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "enttäuschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apogoïtévo",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "απογοητεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ikhzév",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "אכזב"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "csalódást okoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "kiábrándít"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "deceptar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "cuir díomá ar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "deludere"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "dispiacere"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "contrariare"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"alt": "しつぼうさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shitsubō saseru",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "失望させる"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silmangsikida",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "실망시키다"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "frustro"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "razočaruva",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разочарува"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "razočara",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разочара"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "āþwītan"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "trucian"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "rozczarować"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "zawieść"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "desapontar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "decepcionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "dececionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razočaróvyvatʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разочаро́вывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razočarovátʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разочарова́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podvodítʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подводи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podvestí",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подвести́"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "razočárati"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "разочарати"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "decepcionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "desilusionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "defraudar"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "quedar mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "göra besviken"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "svika"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "besvika"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pìt-wǎng",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "ผิดหวัง"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozčaróvuvaty",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розчаро́вувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozčaruváty",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розчарува́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "làm thất vọng"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 3 4 5",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "siomi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 39 22 4 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 31 27 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1574, Arthur Golding, transl., Sermons of Master John Calvin, upon the Booke of Job, London: Lucas Harison and George Byshop, Sermon 32, p. 163",
"text": "They that haue money in their purse, are afrayde and in doubte, yea and are continuallye martyred with feare, leaste GOD should disappoint them of their pray, and abate their portion.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "1637, Thomas Killigrew, The Parson’s Wedding, Act V, Scene 4, in Comedies and Tragedies, London: Henry Herringman, 1664, p. 152,\nBless me from an old waiting-womans wrath; she’l never forgive me the disappointing her of a promise when I was drunk;"
},
{
"text": "1707, extract from Lord Caryll’s letters, in James Macpherson (ed.), Original Papers: containing the secret history of Great Britain, from the restoration, to the accession of the House of Hannover, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, Volume 2, p. 86,\nYou tell me, that the hasty departure of Mr. Rysehoven [Marlborough] out of town disappointed you of speaking to him, of which the loss, I think, is not very great;"
},
{
"ref": "1758, Charlotte Lennox, Henrietta, London: A. Millar, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 178",
"text": "Miss Courteney […] sat down again, tho’ with some reluctance, telling his lordship that she would not be the means of disappointing him of his coffee; but that she must insist upon being permitted to withdraw in half an hour, having business of consequence upon her hands.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2000, Alan Bennett, “The Laying On of Hands”, in The Laying On of Hands: Stories, New York: Picador, published 2002, page 94",
"text": "Disappointed of immediate promotion he was now more … well, relaxed […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for)."
],
"id": "en-disappoint-en-verb-dB-RHLC-",
"links": [
[
"deprive",
"deprive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 89 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "riistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "ottaa pois"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 2 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "viedä pois"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 2 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "vorenthalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 2 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "berauben (einer Möglichkeit (genitive) ~)",
"sense": "to deprive"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 39 22 4 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 31 27 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 127, 4 June, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 240-241,\nIt is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for eminent attainments or superior abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in celebrity and honour."
},
{
"ref": "1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, volume 2, London: Robinson and Roberts, pages 165–166",
"text": "[…] his life was despaired of; and all Japan was filled with alarm and apprehension at the prospect of an infant’s ascending the throne: […] Their fears, however, were happily disappointed by the recovery of the emperor,",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1923, John Maynard Keynes, “Social Consequences of Changes in the Value of Money”, in Essays in Persuasion, London: Macmillan, published 1933, pages 80–81",
"text": "[…] a change in prices and rewards, as measured in money, generally affects different classes unequally […] and redistributes Fortune’s favours so as to frustrate design and disappoint expectation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope)."
],
"id": "en-disappoint-en-verb-LNnHNkjT",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope)."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 14”, in Anne of Avonlea, Boston: L. C. Page, page 150",
"text": "“Well, I thought it was too good to be true,” he said at last, with a sigh of disappointed conviction.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken."
],
"id": "en-disappoint-en-verb-F0yXaJ2z",
"links": [
[
"mistaken",
"mistaken"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, dated) To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To prevent (something planned or attempted)."
],
"id": "en-disappoint-en-verb-4KHXSevT",
"links": [
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To prevent (something planned or attempted)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "frustrate"
},
{
"word": "thwart"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪnt"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-disappoint.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/En-us-disappoint.oga/En-us-disappoint.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-us-disappoint.oga",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "disappoint"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "satisfy"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪnt",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪnt/3 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "disappointed adjective"
},
{
"word": "disappointing adjective"
},
{
"word": "disappointer noun"
},
{
"word": "disappointment noun"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "desapointer"
},
"expansion": "Middle French desapointer",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "désappointer"
},
"expansion": "French désappointer",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French desapointer (compare French désappointer); .",
"forms": [
{
"form": "disappoints",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "disappointing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "disappointed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "disappointed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "disappoint (third-person singular simple present disappoints, present participle disappointing, simple past and past participle disappointed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His lack of respect disappointed her.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I was disappointed by last year’s revenue.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I’m Dying, New York: Knopf, Part 2, “Transition,”",
"text": "My father liked his rice light and fluffy, but separate. […] Since he’d gone so long without a taste, the possibility of disappointing him weighed heavily on my mother.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for."
],
"links": [
[
"sadden",
"sadden"
],
[
"displease",
"displease"
],
[
"underperform",
"underperform"
],
[
"deliver",
"deliver"
],
[
"promised",
"promised"
],
[
"hope",
"hope"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1574, Arthur Golding, transl., Sermons of Master John Calvin, upon the Booke of Job, London: Lucas Harison and George Byshop, Sermon 32, p. 163",
"text": "They that haue money in their purse, are afrayde and in doubte, yea and are continuallye martyred with feare, leaste GOD should disappoint them of their pray, and abate their portion.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "1637, Thomas Killigrew, The Parson’s Wedding, Act V, Scene 4, in Comedies and Tragedies, London: Henry Herringman, 1664, p. 152,\nBless me from an old waiting-womans wrath; she’l never forgive me the disappointing her of a promise when I was drunk;"
},
{
"text": "1707, extract from Lord Caryll’s letters, in James Macpherson (ed.), Original Papers: containing the secret history of Great Britain, from the restoration, to the accession of the House of Hannover, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775, Volume 2, p. 86,\nYou tell me, that the hasty departure of Mr. Rysehoven [Marlborough] out of town disappointed you of speaking to him, of which the loss, I think, is not very great;"
},
{
"ref": "1758, Charlotte Lennox, Henrietta, London: A. Millar, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 178",
"text": "Miss Courteney […] sat down again, tho’ with some reluctance, telling his lordship that she would not be the means of disappointing him of his coffee; but that she must insist upon being permitted to withdraw in half an hour, having business of consequence upon her hands.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2000, Alan Bennett, “The Laying On of Hands”, in The Laying On of Hands: Stories, New York: Picador, published 2002, page 94",
"text": "Disappointed of immediate promotion he was now more … well, relaxed […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for)."
],
"links": [
[
"deprive",
"deprive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 127, 4 June, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 240-241,\nIt is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for eminent attainments or superior abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in celebrity and honour."
},
{
"ref": "1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, volume 2, London: Robinson and Roberts, pages 165–166",
"text": "[…] his life was despaired of; and all Japan was filled with alarm and apprehension at the prospect of an infant’s ascending the throne: […] Their fears, however, were happily disappointed by the recovery of the emperor,",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1923, John Maynard Keynes, “Social Consequences of Changes in the Value of Money”, in Essays in Persuasion, London: Macmillan, published 1933, pages 80–81",
"text": "[…] a change in prices and rewards, as measured in money, generally affects different classes unequally […] and redistributes Fortune’s favours so as to frustrate design and disappoint expectation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope)."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 14”, in Anne of Avonlea, Boston: L. C. Page, page 150",
"text": "“Well, I thought it was too good to be true,” he said at last, with a sigh of disappointed conviction.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken."
],
"links": [
[
"mistaken",
"mistaken"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, dated) To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To prevent (something planned or attempted)."
],
"links": [
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To prevent (something planned or attempted)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "frustrate"
},
{
"word": "thwart"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪnt"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-disappoint.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/En-us-disappoint.oga/En-us-disappoint.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-us-disappoint.oga",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hiastʿapʿecʿnel",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "հիասթափեցնել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rasčaravácʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "расчарава́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razočarovam",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "разочаровам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "decebre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ ... shīwàng",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "使…失望"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "辜負"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gūfù, gūfu",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "辜负"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "對不起"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duìbùqǐ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "对不起"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "zklamat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "skuffe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "teleurstellen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "malkontentigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "tuottaa pettymys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "décevoir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "désappointer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "decepcionar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "enttäuschen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apogoïtévo",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "απογοητεύω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ikhzév",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "אכזב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "csalódást okoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "kiábrándít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "deceptar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "cuir díomá ar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "deludere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "dispiacere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "contrariare"
},
{
"alt": "しつぼうさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shitsubō saseru",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "失望させる"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "silmangsikida",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "실망시키다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "frustro"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "razočaruva",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разочарува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "razočara",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разочара"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "āþwītan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "trucian"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "rozczarować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "zawieść"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "desapontar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "decepcionar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "dececionar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razočaróvyvatʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разочаро́вывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razočarovátʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разочарова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podvodítʹ",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подводи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podvestí",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подвести́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "razočárati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "разочарати"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "decepcionar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "desilusionar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "defraudar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "quedar mal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "göra besviken"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "svika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "besvika"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pìt-wǎng",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "ผิดหวัง"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozčaróvuvaty",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "розчаро́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozčaruváty",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розчарува́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "làm thất vọng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to displease by underperforming etc.",
"word": "siomi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "riistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "ottaa pois"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "viedä pois"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "vorenthalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "berauben (einer Möglichkeit (genitive) ~)",
"sense": "to deprive"
}
],
"word": "disappoint"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.