The meaning of Disappointing

noun

Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.

Usage examples:

To my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen

verb

Feel distressed or humiliated.

Usage examples:

He was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.

Usage examples:

That thought is too depressing for words

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Making you feel unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

Life is depressing enough, i don’t need depressing movies., my score was depressingly low.

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

Tedious regulations could discourage investors

verb

To cause someone to feel less confident or less hopeful

Usage examples:

She sometimes got discouraged about her social life, which was going nowhere, she felt., we tried t…

adjective

Causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm; depressing.

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A discouraging experience

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

Tedious regulations could discourage investors

verb

Cause (someone) to be disappointed.

Usage examples:

He may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following

adjective

Causing disappointment or loss of enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

A disenchanting experience

verb

Cause (someone) to be disappointed.

Usage examples:

He may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following

verb

Make (someone) angry or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

Nothing disgruntles anyone more than the feeling they are being cheated

verb

Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Usage examples:

The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops

verb

To make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy

adjective

Causing someone to lose determination or confidence; discouraging or dispiriting.

Usage examples:

Her death is particularly disheartening because it was preventable

verb

Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Usage examples:

The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops

adjective

Causing a person to lose confidence, hope, and energy; discouraging

Usage examples:

The new injury, after he had come back from the last, was disheartening.

noun

Disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

Usage examples:

The old enthusiasm for the government evaporated into a more cynical disillusion

verb

Cause (someone) to realize that a belief they hold is false.

Usage examples:

If they think we have a magic formula to solve the problem, don't disillusion them

verb

To disappoint someone by making the person realize the unpleasant truth about something or someone thought to be good

Usage examples:

He’s become disillusioned with his job and the company., he died a disillusioned man.

verb

Cause (someone) to realize that a belief they hold is false.

Usage examples:

If they think we have a magic formula to solve the problem, don't disillusion them

noun

Disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

Usage examples:

Enthusiasm soon turned into disillusion

verb

Present participle of disillusion

Usage examples:

I hate to/i'm sorry to disillusion you, but pregnancy is not always wonderful - i was sick every da…

noun

Concern and distress caused by something unexpected.

Usage examples:

To his dismay, she left him

verb

Cause (someone) to feel concern and distress.

Usage examples:

They were dismayed by the u-turn in policy

noun

A feeling of shock and unhappiness

Usage examples:

She discovered, to her dismay, that she had locked her keys inside her car., they enjoyed the meal …

adjective

Causing concern and distress.

Usage examples:

The list of complaints was dismaying

verb

Cause (someone) to feel concern and distress.

Usage examples:

They were dismayed by the u-turn in policy

adjective

Making you feel unhappy and disappointed

Usage examples:

It is dismaying to realize how many people believe these lies., teenage suicides happen with dismay…

verb

Cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.

Usage examples:

The army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions

adjective

Causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening.

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It was a dispiriting occasion

verb

Cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.

Usage examples:

The army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions

adjective

Causing you to not have much hope about a particular situation or problem

Usage examples:

It was a bit dispiriting to see so few people at the meeting., there has been a dispiriting fall in…

verb

Fail to satisfy (someone).

Usage examples:

What is it about these words that dissatisfies you?

verb

Fail to satisfy (someone).

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What is it about these words that dissatisfies you?

adjective

Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting.

Usage examples:

Some very distressing news

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Upsetting or worrying

Usage examples:

The news reports about the famine were very distressing., it was deeply distressing for him to see …

verb

Be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

Usage examples:

He failed in his attempt to secure election

noun

A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

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A fail grade

adjective

Lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

Usage examples:

These labels prove to be wholly inadequate

adjective

Too low in quality or too small in amount; not enough

Usage examples:

An inadequate income/offer, i feel inadequate when i talk to miranda about art because she knows so…

adjective

Too small in amount

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Inadequate funds/incomes/pensions too many of us are retiring on hopelessly inadequate incomes., th…

idiom

Move something or somebody to a lower position

phrasal verb

Fail to support or help someone as they had hoped or expected.

Usage examples:

If i let him down now, i knew he'd never trust me again

phrasal verb

Lower something slowly.

Usage examples:

They let down a basket on a chain

adjective

(of conduct or an event) giving rise to regret; undesirable; unwelcome.

Usage examples:

The loss of this number of jobs is regrettable

adjective

Causing or deserving sadness or disappointment

Usage examples:

The omission of a sponsor’s name on the program was a regrettable error., regrettably, he died befo…

verb

Cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy.

Usage examples:

He was greatly saddened by the death of his only son

verb

To make someone sad or unhappy

Usage examples:

It saddened me to learn of your father’s death.

verb

Cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy.

Usage examples:

He was greatly saddened by the death of his only son

verb

Present participle of sadden

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] it saddens me to think that we'll never see her again., we are deeply saddened …

adjective

Having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky.

Usage examples:

There'd been an unfortunate accident

noun

A person who suffers bad fortune.

Usage examples:

Those unfortunates whose lives are marred by poverty

adjective

Not satisfactory; not good enough.

Usage examples:

Years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

adjective

Causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry.

Usage examples:

A painful and upsetting divorce

noun

The action of knocking something over.

Usage examples:

Destruction was done by the breaking of pictures, upsetting of furniture, and chopping down of inte…

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her