disappointv.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/

Forms: late Middle English disapointe, late Middle English–1500s disapoynte, 1500s desappoint, 1500s disapoinct, 1500s disappoinct, 1500s disappoincte, 1500s disappoynte, 1500s dissapoynt, 1500s dysapoynt, 1500s dysapoynte, 1500s dysappoynte, 1500s dyssapoynt, 1500s–1600s disapoynt, 1500s–1600s disappoynt, 1500s–1600s dissapoint, 1500s–1700s disapoint, 1500s– disappoint, 1600s disappoynct, 1600s–1700s dissappoint.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French desappointer.

Etymology: < Middle French desappointer, desappoincter, desapointer (French désappointer ) to remove (a person) from an appointed office, to depose (a ruler) (1395), to strip (a person) of his or her clothes (second half of the 15th cent.) < des- dis- prefix + appointer appoint v. Compare dispoint v.¹The sense development is influenced by appoint v. The senses of branch II. developed within English and were later (17th cent.) reborrowed into French.

I. To remove from an appointment or position.

1. transitive. To remove (a person) from an appointed office; to undo the appointment of; to deprive of or dismiss from a position of authority, etc. rare in later use.Often contrasted with appoint. In some later examples probably independently re-formed in this context.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]

outOE

deposec1300

remuec1325

to put out1344

to set downc1369

deprivec1374

outputa1382

removea1382

to throw outa1382

to put downc1384

privea1387

to set adowna1387

to put out of ——?a1400

amovec1425

disappoint1434

unmakec1475

dismiss1477

dispoint1483

voidc1503

to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546

relieve1549

cass1550

displace1553

unauthorize1554

to wring out1560

seclude1572

eject1576

dispost1577

decass1579

overboard1585

cast1587

sequester1587

to put to grass1589

cashier1592

discompose1599

abdicate1610

unseat1611

dismount1612

disoffice1627

to take off1642

unchair1645

destitute1653

lift1659

resign1674

quietus1688

superannuate1692

derange1796

shelve1812

shelf1819

Stellenbosch1900

defenestrate1917

axe1922

retire1961

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess

disseisec1320

disincreasec1374

disheritc1400

disappoint1434

unpossessc1449

forbanishc1450

dispoint1483

disemparec1500

usurp1512

defeat?1545

depose1558

devest1563

dispossess1565

disappropriate1610

disadvest1611

expropriate1611

dispropriate1613

dispropertya1616

disinvest1619

divest1648

unrobe1650

defarm1693

1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 247 (MED) Þe Tresorer shuld charge þe Shiref of Somerset with þe gaole of Yevelchestre and disapointe Thomas Clarence þerof þat hath estate þerynne.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 108 (MED) A more oultragiouse shame cowde not haue ben thought thanne to disapoynte his kyng from all auctorite.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 617 A Monarch..hath power..to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers.

1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI ii. 51 Hee disappointed in a manner all the officers and seruants of king Charles his Father, taking a great delight to vndoe that which hee had raised.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxv. 101 He would keep it, Till duly disappointed or dismissed.

1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. xi. 6 God's Anointed is appointed, and shall not be disappointed.

1968 H. G. Koenigsberger in R. B. Wernham Counter-reformation & Price Revol., 1559–1610 ix. 241 Moreover, would Orange not be disappointed after the end of a three-year term as viceroy?

2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 June 14 The commission..will be severely leant on by the minister who appointed them and can presumably disappoint them.

II. To fail to fulfil an objective or expectation.

2. Now the usual sense.

a. transitive. To thwart (a person, group, etc.) with regard to an aim, intention, hope, etc.; to frustrate (a person) in (also †of) an undertaking, objective, expectation, etc. Hence: to fail to fulfil the expectations of; to cause to feel disappointment; to let down (cf. disappointed adj. 1c). Frequently in passive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)]

swikeOE

beguile1483

deludea1513

disappointa1513

dispointa1513

forsake1526

betray1594

mock1600

frustrate1663

evade1692

elude1694

balk1735

to let down1795

slip1890

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiiii. f. clvi^v He contrary his promesse dyd disapoynte them, and nothynge ayded them.

1544 O. Brunfels Praiers Holi Fathers sig. H. iii Defende me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges, from the vngodly that trouble me... Aryse Lorde disappoint hym, and cast hym doune.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxv. 132 Howbeit to disappoint them of their suttle dealing.

1616 T. Gainsford Hist. Trebizond iii. 231 The Souldiers were disappoynted in their expectation.

1653 Mercurius Politicus No. 165. 2644 Each of our Flag-ships the enemy had designed to fire, but Providence disappointed them.

1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 188 [They] were miserably disappointed of their expectations.

1766 Gaz. & New Daily Advertiser 24 Dec. I tell you, you will be disappointed in your attempt.

1818 White Dwarf 18 Apr. 323 Foiled and disappointed in their attempt to arm the populace against the government.

1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 141 Unrighteous gains are sure to disappoint the getter.

1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald Let. 14 Sept. in L. Miller Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 255 Nothing would disappoint her so vehemently as success.

1977 Philos. Q. 27 180 The reader will be disappointed in his search for such evidence here.

2002 BusinessWeek 3 June 78/1 Some cancer researchers promoted this approach as a magic bullet—only to be disappointed by blowups..that failed in clinical trials.

b. transitive. To thwart, frustrate, or foil (an aim, undertaking, objective, etc.); to prevent the realization of (a hope, intention, etc.); to fail to fulfil (an expectation).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart

discomfitc1230

blenk?a1400

mispoint1480

fruster1490

frustrate?a1513

disappoint1545

destitutea1563

foila1564

deceive1571

thwart1581

balka1593

discomfort1596

unwont1629

fail1634

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil

false?c1225

confoundc1315

blenk?a1400

matea1400

interrupt1464

blench1485

fruster?a1513

frustrate?a1513

infatuate1533

disappoint1545

prevent1555

foila1564

blank1566

thwart1581

confute1589

dispurpose1607

shorten1608

foola1616

vain1628

balk1635

throwa1650

scotch1654

bafflea1674

crossbar1680

transverse1770

tomahawk1773

throttle1825

wreck1855

stultify1865

derail1889

to pull the plug1923

rank1924

1545 S. Gardiner Let. 6 Nov. (1933) 176 Sendyng such personages hither, if it be for the peax with us oonly, wold thenne disapoint ther voyage with sending meaner me for the same matier to an other place.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 99/2 Not y^t any mortall men can disappoint that which God hath established from heauen.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xv. 22 Without counsell, purposes are disappointed .

1689 C. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) II. 133 Y^t fatall resolution..hath disapointed y^e delivery of y^r letter.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 201 The wary Trojan shrinks, and bending low Beneath his Buckler, disappoints the Blow.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 10 My fears, as well as her's, have been happily disappointed.

1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad ix The junction of penal with voluntary emigration tends..to disappoint the purposes of the one, and to extinguish the benefits of the other.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 165 This ambitious hope Louvois was bent on disappointing.

1873 F. Hall in Scribner's Monthly 6 466/2 Nor is this expectation frequently disappointed.

1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor (1987) ii. xxii. 334 I've no wish to be o'erskeptical, Eben, or to disappoint your hopes.

2014 Independent (Nexis) 22 Nov. 39 It cannot be said she disappoints, since to disappoint expectation you must first excite it.

c. intransitive. To fail to fulfil hopes, expectations, etc.; to cause disappointment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > be disappointed [verb (intransitive)] > cause disappointment

to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1796

disappoint1843

1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 29 Reuolt with Demas, disappoynt with Meroz, or follow a farre off, as Peter did Christ.

1767 New & Impartial Coll. Interesting Lett. II. 170 They can disappoint with a smile, or ruin even with a compliment.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 57 The Duke has disappointed so often, that he is sure to go now.

1927 Daily Tel. 3 May 16 Innuendo [sc. a racehorse] has disappointed in the past when fancied.

1966 Listener 13 Oct. 549/3 Ormandy's CBS album of the Berlioz Requiem.., of which I had high hopes, disappoints.

2010 New Yorker 6 Sept. 47 He became my instant golfing hero, and he did not disappoint. He went on to win the British Open four times.

†3. To deprive of.

a. transitive. To prevent (a person, group, etc.) from obtaining something desired, required, or anticipated; to deny (a person) something expected or due; spec. to deny or fail to provide with equipment, provisions, etc. Cf. disappointment n. 3. Chiefly in passive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. H.vj They shalbe disapoynted of the preeminence that they loked to have had in heven.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Ded. 4 Neuer disapointed of honourable successe.

1576 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches (new ed.) f. 33 ^v They [sc. lechery and couetousnes] disapoint hym of hys sleepe, and consume his fleshe.

1645 J. Cheisley in Coll. Papers Commissioners Scotl. 26 It is well enough knowne to the honourable Houses, how farre that Armie hath been disappointed of provisions formerly, (having, for instance, received but one moneths pay these seven moneths past).

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 206 Wasting all the country with fire and sword, that he might thereby disappoint the enemy of provisions.

1672 T. Shadwell Miser iii. ii. 35 I am disappointed of money.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. i. 9 The ships were disappointed of provisions for want of a cargo to truck with.

1799 F. Reynolds Management ii. 30 I'll disappoint my enemy of this unmanly triumph.

1873 Golden Hours Aug. 353/2 He..struck the match against the table. It did not light. ‘Alas!’ it thought, ‘I must disappoint him of his last glance at life; for I am useless.’

b. transitive. To remove something from the possession of (a person or thing); to deprive or strip of something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit > improperly

disappoint1545

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil > specifically a person

to warn (a person) his will1340

frustrate1447

disappoint1545

foila1564

balk1589

thorter1608

derail1891

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vi.) f. 32^v Yet (if he loked not wel aboute him) Cyrus wolde disapoint him of the title therof & be called king of babylon.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 162 The Adamant or Lodestone..is disappoynted of his force by Garlicke.

1648 T. Warmstry Suspiria Ecclesiae 88 They have..disappointed him of the advice of his Counsell.

†4. transitive. To undo, reverse; to negate, render ineffective; to ruin, cause to fail. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes ii. iii. f. 62 So one nyghtes worke disappoynted the longe prepensed labour of the enemye, cuttynge of all possibilitye of bryngynge the engyne to the wall.

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians Gloss. at Vnconstancie The Vnconstancie of men disapoynteth not the effect of Gods woord.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 311 All those curious and wealthy trades of them, who worke in fine flaxe..shall be utterly undone, and disappointed.

1682 J. Owen Disc. Work Holy Spirit vi. 111 They are all nothing but means of..disappointing the Work of his Grace, and rendring the Prayers themselves so used, and as such, unacceptable with God.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 26 Disappointing all the ill Effects of the Viperine poison.

1823 Brit. Mag. Apr. 49 Circumstances, which it is not our province here to discuss, have frustrated his labours, and disappointed those results.

†III. To fail to keep an appointment.

5. transitive. Also intransitive with object implied. To break, cancel, or miss (an appointment or engagement); to fail to keep (the appointed time for an event, engagement, etc.); to fail to fulfil an appointment with (a person). Cf. appoint v. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > fail to observe

disappoint1530

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 517/1 I disapoynte, I breake a poyntement with a person.

1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis 193 The..metyng was not onely disappoynted, but..an inuasion made..into our realme.

1581 York Bakers' Guild §39 in Archæol. Rev. (1888) May If any jurneyman..dothe promise anie maister to come and helpe him to bake at tyme appointed, and..go to an other to worke, and disapoint the maister.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 363 So as to put off, and disappoint the day which he had set.

1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 198. 1814 If you admit of any thing more you enterfear with the Bienniall meeting, and may disappoint that.

1744 G. Williamson Diary 29 July in Arthuret & Longtown (1997) 31 To dine & meet Mr. Dobson at Hawksdale, Mrs. Dobson disappointed.

1777 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 181 She..was waiting for the man to dress it sc. her hair, who had disappointed her ever since two o'clock.

1814 L. Dow Hist. Cosmopolite i. ix. 158 A few appointments were not given out according to my expectation, so I disappointed them, as they clashed with my own.

1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner III. iv. 78 I shall look out for you at Waterloo at a quarter to five, and trust you will not disappoint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disappoint
释义	disappointn. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: disappoint v. Etymology: < disappoint v. Compare earlier disappointing n., disappointment n. Now rare. Disappointment; an instance of being disappointed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] mazec1300 discomfiturea1400 delusiona1513 disappointing1533 disappointment1577 disappoint1642 heart-scald1888 dust and ashes1902 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 267 The more desirable the object, the greater the disappoint. 1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo xlv. 164 There is nothing more troublesome in humane society than the disappoint of trust, and failing of friends. 1752 D. Garrick Let. 1 Sept. (1963) I. 188 I suppose Mr Lacy will Settle ye parts in ye Double Disappoint..to ye best advantage. 1867 W. H. S. Aubrey National & Domest. Hist̯. Eng. III. x. viii. 234/2 The very failure and disappoint of that expedition obtained in Jamaica a more advantageous possession for England than all the triumphs of her former kings. 1921 Amer. Blacksmith, Auto & Tractor Shop Apr. 194/1 1920 was to make good for all the disappoints of the previous year, but here again the retail dealers were deluded by the promises of the makers. 2013 T. Creed Redstone Station xviii. 143 Now that he'd been deprived of his driver's licence, it appeared that many more rodeo-goers were set to suffer the disappoint of the absence of King Jed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disappointv. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ Forms: late Middle English disapointe, late Middle English–1500s disapoynte, 1500s desappoint, 1500s disapoinct, 1500s disappoinct, 1500s disappoincte, 1500s disappoynte, 1500s dissapoynt, 1500s dysapoynt, 1500s dysapoynte, 1500s dysappoynte, 1500s dyssapoynt, 1500s–1600s disapoynt, 1500s–1600s disappoynt, 1500s–1600s dissapoint, 1500s–1700s disapoint, 1500s– disappoint, 1600s disappoynct, 1600s–1700s dissappoint. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French desappointer. Etymology: < Middle French desappointer, desappoincter, desapointer (French désappointer ) to remove (a person) from an appointed office, to depose (a ruler) (1395), to strip (a person) of his or her clothes (second half of the 15th cent.) < des- dis- prefix + appointer appoint v. Compare dispoint v.¹The sense development is influenced by appoint v. The senses of branch II. developed within English and were later (17th cent.) reborrowed into French. I. To remove from an appointment or position. 1. transitive. To remove (a person) from an appointed office; to undo the appointment of; to deprive of or dismiss from a position of authority, etc. rare in later use.Often contrasted with appoint. In some later examples probably independently re-formed in this context. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess disseisec1320 disincreasec1374 disheritc1400 disappoint1434 unpossessc1449 forbanishc1450 dispoint1483 disemparec1500 usurp1512 defeat?1545 depose1558 devest1563 dispossess1565 disappropriate1610 disadvest1611 expropriate1611 dispropriate1613 dispropertya1616 disinvest1619 divest1648 unrobe1650 defarm1693 1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 247 (MED) Þe Tresorer shuld charge þe Shiref of Somerset with þe gaole of Yevelchestre and disapointe Thomas Clarence þerof þat hath estate þerynne. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 108 (MED) A more oultragiouse shame cowde not haue ben thought thanne to disapoynte his kyng from all auctorite. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 617 A Monarch..hath power..to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers. 1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI ii. 51 Hee disappointed in a manner all the officers and seruants of king Charles his Father, taking a great delight to vndoe that which hee had raised. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxv. 101 He would keep it, Till duly disappointed or dismissed. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. xi. 6 God's Anointed is appointed, and shall not be disappointed. 1968 H. G. Koenigsberger in R. B. Wernham Counter-reformation & Price Revol., 1559–1610 ix. 241 Moreover, would Orange not be disappointed after the end of a three-year term as viceroy? 2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 22 June 14 The commission..will be severely leant on by the minister who appointed them and can presumably disappoint them. II. To fail to fulfil an objective or expectation. 2. Now the usual sense. a. transitive. To thwart (a person, group, etc.) with regard to an aim, intention, hope, etc.; to frustrate (a person) in (also †of) an undertaking, objective, expectation, etc. Hence: to fail to fulfil the expectations of; to cause to feel disappointment; to let down (cf. disappointed adj. 1c). Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] swikeOE beguile1483 deludea1513 disappointa1513 dispointa1513 forsake1526 betray1594 mock1600 frustrate1663 evade1692 elude1694 balk1735 to let down1795 slip1890 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiiii. f. clvi^v He contrary his promesse dyd disapoynte them, and nothynge ayded them. 1544 O. Brunfels Praiers Holi Fathers sig. H. iii Defende me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges, from the vngodly that trouble me... Aryse Lorde disappoint hym, and cast hym doune. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxv. 132 Howbeit to disappoint them of their suttle dealing. 1616 T. Gainsford Hist. Trebizond iii. 231 The Souldiers were disappoynted in their expectation. 1653 Mercurius Politicus No. 165. 2644 Each of our Flag-ships the enemy had designed to fire, but Providence disappointed them. 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 188 [They] were miserably disappointed of their expectations. 1766 Gaz. & New Daily Advertiser 24 Dec. I tell you, you will be disappointed in your attempt. 1818 White Dwarf 18 Apr. 323 Foiled and disappointed in their attempt to arm the populace against the government. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 141 Unrighteous gains are sure to disappoint the getter. 1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald Let. 14 Sept. in L. Miller Lett. from Lost Generation (1991) 255 Nothing would disappoint her so vehemently as success. 1977 Philos. Q. 27 180 The reader will be disappointed in his search for such evidence here. 2002 BusinessWeek 3 June 78/1 Some cancer researchers promoted this approach as a magic bullet—only to be disappointed by blowups..that failed in clinical trials. b. transitive. To thwart, frustrate, or foil (an aim, undertaking, objective, etc.); to prevent the realization of (a hope, intention, etc.); to fail to fulfil (an expectation). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart discomfitc1230 blenk?a1400 mispoint1480 fruster1490 frustrate?a1513 disappoint1545 destitutea1563 foila1564 deceive1571 thwart1581 balka1593 discomfort1596 unwont1629 fail1634 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 1545 S. Gardiner Let. 6 Nov. (1933) 176 Sendyng such personages hither, if it be for the peax with us oonly, wold thenne disapoint ther voyage with sending meaner me for the same matier to an other place. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 99/2 Not y^t any mortall men can disappoint that which God hath established from heauen. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xv. 22 Without counsell, purposes are disappointed . View more context for this quotation 1689 C. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) II. 133 Y^t fatall resolution..hath disapointed y^e delivery of y^r letter. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 201 The wary Trojan shrinks, and bending low Beneath his Buckler, disappoints the Blow. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 10 My fears, as well as her's, have been happily disappointed. 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad ix The junction of penal with voluntary emigration tends..to disappoint the purposes of the one, and to extinguish the benefits of the other. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 165 This ambitious hope Louvois was bent on disappointing. 1873 F. Hall in Scribner's Monthly 6 466/2 Nor is this expectation frequently disappointed. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor (1987) ii. xxii. 334 I've no wish to be o'erskeptical, Eben, or to disappoint your hopes. 2014 Independent (Nexis) 22 Nov. 39 It cannot be said she disappoints, since to disappoint expectation you must first excite it. c. intransitive. To fail to fulfil hopes, expectations, etc.; to cause disappointment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > be disappointed [verb (intransitive)] > cause disappointment to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1796 disappoint1843 1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 29 Reuolt with Demas, disappoynt with Meroz, or follow a farre off, as Peter did Christ. 1767 New & Impartial Coll. Interesting Lett. II. 170 They can disappoint with a smile, or ruin even with a compliment. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton 57 The Duke has disappointed so often, that he is sure to go now. 1927 Daily Tel. 3 May 16 Innuendo [sc. a racehorse] has disappointed in the past when fancied. 1966 Listener 13 Oct. 549/3 Ormandy's CBS album of the Berlioz Requiem.., of which I had high hopes, disappoints. 2010 New Yorker 6 Sept. 47 He became my instant golfing hero, and he did not disappoint. He went on to win the British Open four times. †3. To deprive of. a. transitive. To prevent (a person, group, etc.) from obtaining something desired, required, or anticipated; to deny (a person) something expected or due; spec. to deny or fail to provide with equipment, provisions, etc. Cf. disappointment n. 3. Chiefly in passive. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. H.vj They shalbe disapoynted of the preeminence that they loked to have had in heven. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Ded. 4 Neuer disapointed of honourable successe. 1576 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches (new ed.) f. 33 ^v They [sc. lechery and couetousnes] disapoint hym of hys sleepe, and consume his fleshe. 1645 J. Cheisley in Coll. Papers Commissioners Scotl. 26 It is well enough knowne to the honourable Houses, how farre that Armie hath been disappointed of provisions formerly, (having, for instance, received but one moneths pay these seven moneths past). 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 206 Wasting all the country with fire and sword, that he might thereby disappoint the enemy of provisions. 1672 T. Shadwell Miser iii. ii. 35 I am disappointed of money. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. i. 9 The ships were disappointed of provisions for want of a cargo to truck with. 1799 F. Reynolds Management ii. 30 I'll disappoint my enemy of this unmanly triumph. 1873 Golden Hours Aug. 353/2 He..struck the match against the table. It did not light. ‘Alas!’ it thought, ‘I must disappoint him of his last glance at life; for I am useless.’ b. transitive. To remove something from the possession of (a person or thing); to deprive or strip of something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit > improperly disappoint1545 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil > specifically a person to warn (a person) his will1340 frustrate1447 disappoint1545 foila1564 balk1589 thorter1608 derail1891 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vi.) f. 32^v Yet (if he loked not wel aboute him) Cyrus wolde disapoint him of the title therof & be called king of babylon. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 162 The Adamant or Lodestone..is disappoynted of his force by Garlicke. 1648 T. Warmstry Suspiria Ecclesiae 88 They have..disappointed him of the advice of his Counsell. †4. transitive. To undo, reverse; to negate, render ineffective; to ruin, cause to fail. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1563 A. Golding tr. L. Bruni Hist. Warres Imperialles & Gothes ii. iii. f. 62 So one nyghtes worke disappoynted the longe prepensed labour of the enemye, cuttynge of all possibilitye of bryngynge the engyne to the wall. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians Gloss. at Vnconstancie The Vnconstancie of men disapoynteth not the effect of Gods woord. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 311 All those curious and wealthy trades of them, who worke in fine flaxe..shall be utterly undone, and disappointed. 1682 J. Owen Disc. Work Holy Spirit vi. 111 They are all nothing but means of..disappointing the Work of his Grace, and rendring the Prayers themselves so used, and as such, unacceptable with God. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 26 Disappointing all the ill Effects of the Viperine poison. 1823 Brit. Mag. Apr. 49 Circumstances, which it is not our province here to discuss, have frustrated his labours, and disappointed those results. †III. To fail to keep an appointment. 5. transitive. Also intransitive with object implied. To break, cancel, or miss (an appointment or engagement); to fail to keep (the appointed time for an event, engagement, etc.); to fail to fulfil an appointment with (a person). Cf. appoint v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > fail to observe disappoint1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 517/1 I disapoynte, I breake a poyntement with a person. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis 193 The..metyng was not onely disappoynted, but..an inuasion made..into our realme. 1581 York Bakers' Guild §39 in Archæol. Rev. (1888) May If any jurneyman..dothe promise anie maister to come and helpe him to bake at tyme appointed, and..go to an other to worke, and disapoint the maister. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 363 So as to put off, and disappoint the day which he had set. 1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 198. 1814 If you admit of any thing more you enterfear with the Bienniall meeting, and may disappoint that. 1744 G. Williamson Diary 29 July in Arthuret & Longtown (1997) 31 To dine & meet Mr. Dobson at Hawksdale, Mrs. Dobson disappointed. 1777 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 181 She..was waiting for the man to dress it sc. her hair, who had disappointed her ever since two o'clock. 1814 L. Dow Hist. Cosmopolite i. ix. 158 A few appointments were not given out according to my expectation, so I disappointed them, as they clashed with my own. 1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner III. iv. 78 I shall look out for you at Waterloo at a quarter to five, and trust you will not disappoint. 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