单词 | disappointable |
释义 | disappointableadj. rare before 20th cent. That may be disappointed (in various senses of disappoint v.); esp. liable to be frustrated or thwarted with regard to an expectation, intention, desire, etc. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Destituable, destituable, disappointable. 1680 R. Bolron Narr. Ded. 3 All the Projects of Your Adversaries, though seemingly not disappointable by human art, are but weak and impotent things, and subject to a demolition by the least breath of his Mouth. 1908 Cambrian Feb. 52/2 A man of faith..is not easily disappointable. 1985 Colorado Springs Gaz. Tel. 13 Nov. f4/5 Idealists..are very disappointable people—disappointed in themselves for failing their own high expectations and in others. 2006 Symplokē 14 50 Bloch therefore arrives at the following conclusion: Hope must be disappointable ‘or else it would not be hope’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611 |
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