disappointedadj.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪn(t)əd/

Forms: see disappoint v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disappoint v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < disappoint v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Resulting from, characterized by, or expressing disappointment.

ΚΠ

c1550 J. Hall Certayne Chapters Proverbes Salomon sig. F.iii In the lorde haue I hoped, let me not fele the blame: At any time I the beseche, of disapoynted shame.

1706 C. Cibber Perolla & Izadora iv. 37 I durst not yet, lest it Shou'd more incense his disappointed Rage.

1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch (London ed. 1) II. 235 Both stood looking, with disappointed eyes, at the white and bubbling streak which was left by the wake of the fugitive.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xvi. 161 Admitting to himself, with a disappointed and crest-fallen countenance, that..Walter must go.

1911 Dietetic & Hygenic Gaz. Feb. 125/1 The disappointed cry is heard when the child for some cause finds himself unable to nurse.

1949 Vigiliae Christianae 3 186 Hardly any scholar will not have stated..with disappointed resignation that a text badly needed was to stay out of his reach.

2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Sept. 15 Anybody who saw the look of disappointed fury on her face..will know that here is a lady of considerable ambition and self-esteem.

b. Of a hope, aim, expectation, etc.: that has been frustrated; unfulfilled.Quot. 1552 is probably in this sense, but might also represent sense 1c.

ΚΠ

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Disapoynted, frustratus.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 44^v (heading) Of disapointed purpose by negligence.

1600 C. Lumsden tr. R. Rollock Expos. Select Psalmes David 76 Shame followed vpon disappointed hope.

1658 J. Norton Abel Being Dead Yet Speaketh 14 The disappointed expectation of the Auditory soon appeared in their countenances.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. 8 Pref. Bitterness of baffled Malice and disappointed Hope.

1798 R. Bloomfield Autumn in Farmer's Boy 228 Disappointed hope untunes the Soul.

1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma vii. 51 Prince, I should grieve indeed..if I believed your sorrow was for any thing besides disappointed ambition.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 22 The anguish of disappointed faith.

1925 Harper's Mag. Dec. 25/2 Young people forget those griefs and disappointed longings they suffer and cause others to suffer.

2009 Indian Jrnl. Industr. Relations 44 690/2 There must be no overselling, because disappointed expectations are bitter indeed.

c. Of a person, group, etc.: that has been frustrated or thwarted with regard to an aim, intention, hope, etc.; having one's anticipations or expectations unfulfilled; (in later use) esp. experiencing frustration, displeasure, or dejection as a result of the non-fulfilment of an expectation, aim, etc. (cf. disappointment n. 2c).Quot. 1552 at sense 1b may also represent this sense. to be disappointed in (or with) (a person or thing): to experience disappointment arising from or relating to (a person or thing).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > disappointed

disappointed1578

sick as a parrot1979

gutted1984

1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting vi. xi. f. 87^v The one of them searched all the Walkes and Galeries, and ranne seeking him through all other places where hee thought hee might bee found, and yet came home weerie and disappointed.

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxxv. 222 In what a desperat and confus'd estate She left this disappointed King.

1696 C. Cibber Love's Last Shift iv. 71 He shall find no Fiend in Hell can match the fury of a disappointed Woman!

1744 in 8th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Rep. & App.: Pt. I (1881) 571/2 in Parl. Papers (C. 3040) LV. 1 The disappointed people who were invited have lost their dance.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 107 The disappointed monarch..was thrice repulsed with loss and ignominy.

1838 C. Darwin Let. 7 Aug. in Corr. (1986) II. 94 I was altogether disappointed with the railroad—it was so rough & so much plague with the many changes.

1852 J. Pardoe Life of Marie de Medicis II. ii. ii. 185 The disappointed minister at length withdrew to examine the paper which had been delivered to him.

1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 23 I am rather disappointed in our London consultant.

1947 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 June 16/1 A deeply disappointed, weather-beaten poverty-struck farmer declared ‘Chuck farming, son. Farming is no good.’

1983 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 18/4 There are now plenty of consultants who are disappointed with the usefulness of the body scanner.

2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Oct. 21 Thousands of disappointed fans smashed chairs and ripped down posters after organisers cancelled a concert by the heavy rock group Metallica.

2013 N. Farrant After Iris (2015) 72 I am Very Disappointed in you, Bluebell Gadsby... I like to think of you as the Sensible One of your Family.

†2. Not adequately appointed or prepared; not equipped or made ready as might be expected. Cf. disappoint v. 3a. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1604 perhaps with contextual meaning ‘unshriven or unabsolved in preparation for death’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective]

ungraitha1350

undisposedc1380

unreadya1400

dispurveyed14..

unpurveyedc1410

unrayedc1425

unwarnishedc1425

unprovided?a1439

unprepared1528

unprovided for1542

improvided1548

unfurnished1549

unpreparate1575

ungirt1579

disappointed1604

imprompt1760

unaneled1760

unapt1849

flat-footed1912

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 77 Cut off euen in the blossomes of my sinne, Vnhuzled, disappointed, vnanueld.

a1658 J. Cleveland Sing-song in Wks. (1687) 259 The Bridegroom in at last did rustle, All disappointed in the Bustle, The Maidens had shav'd his Breeches.

Derivatives

disaˈppointedly adv. in a disappointed manner; in a manner characterized by or suggestive of disappointment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a disappointed manner

disappointedly1776

1776 Johnsoniana 65 ‘Well, Sam,’ says he, rather disappointedly.

1880 F. H. Burnett Louisiana 12 I would rather have ‘Louise’, she said, disappointedly.

1916 B. M. Bower Heritage of Sioux ii. 33 Turning her eyes disappointedly from the empty mesa.

2002 M. Berry tr. Y. Zhaoyan Nanjing 1937 63 ‘Don't tell me you don't feel you are disgracing yourself by doing this,’ his father said, sighing disappointedly.

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

单词	disappointed
释义	disappointedadj. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪn(t)əd/ Forms: see disappoint v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disappoint v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < disappoint v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Resulting from, characterized by, or expressing disappointment. ΚΠ c1550 J. Hall Certayne Chapters Proverbes Salomon sig. F.iii In the lorde haue I hoped, let me not fele the blame: At any time I the beseche, of disapoynted shame. 1706 C. Cibber Perolla & Izadora iv. 37 I durst not yet, lest it Shou'd more incense his disappointed Rage. 1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch (London ed. 1) II. 235 Both stood looking, with disappointed eyes, at the white and bubbling streak which was left by the wake of the fugitive. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xvi. 161 Admitting to himself, with a disappointed and crest-fallen countenance, that..Walter must go. 1911 Dietetic & Hygenic Gaz. Feb. 125/1 The disappointed cry is heard when the child for some cause finds himself unable to nurse. 1949 Vigiliae Christianae 3 186 Hardly any scholar will not have stated..with disappointed resignation that a text badly needed was to stay out of his reach. 2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Sept. 15 Anybody who saw the look of disappointed fury on her face..will know that here is a lady of considerable ambition and self-esteem. b. Of a hope, aim, expectation, etc.: that has been frustrated; unfulfilled.Quot. 1552 is probably in this sense, but might also represent sense 1c. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Disapoynted, frustratus. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 44^v (heading) Of disapointed purpose by negligence. 1600 C. Lumsden tr. R. Rollock Expos. Select Psalmes David 76 Shame followed vpon disappointed hope. 1658 J. Norton Abel Being Dead Yet Speaketh 14 The disappointed expectation of the Auditory soon appeared in their countenances. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. 8 Pref. Bitterness of baffled Malice and disappointed Hope. 1798 R. Bloomfield Autumn in Farmer's Boy 228 Disappointed hope untunes the Soul. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma vii. 51 Prince, I should grieve indeed..if I believed your sorrow was for any thing besides disappointed ambition. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 22 The anguish of disappointed faith. 1925 Harper's Mag. Dec. 25/2 Young people forget those griefs and disappointed longings they suffer and cause others to suffer. 2009 Indian Jrnl. Industr. Relations 44 690/2 There must be no overselling, because disappointed expectations are bitter indeed. c. Of a person, group, etc.: that has been frustrated or thwarted with regard to an aim, intention, hope, etc.; having one's anticipations or expectations unfulfilled; (in later use) esp. experiencing frustration, displeasure, or dejection as a result of the non-fulfilment of an expectation, aim, etc. (cf. disappointment n. 2c).Quot. 1552 at sense 1b may also represent this sense. to be disappointed in (or with) (a person or thing): to experience disappointment arising from or relating to (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > disappointed disappointed1578 sick as a parrot1979 gutted1984 1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting vi. xi. f. 87^v The one of them searched all the Walkes and Galeries, and ranne seeking him through all other places where hee thought hee might bee found, and yet came home weerie and disappointed. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxxv. 222 In what a desperat and confus'd estate She left this disappointed King. 1696 C. Cibber Love's Last Shift iv. 71 He shall find no Fiend in Hell can match the fury of a disappointed Woman! 1744 in 8th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Rep. & App.: Pt. I (1881) 571/2 in Parl. Papers (C. 3040) LV. 1 The disappointed people who were invited have lost their dance. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 107 The disappointed monarch..was thrice repulsed with loss and ignominy. 1838 C. Darwin Let. 7 Aug. in Corr. (1986) II. 94 I was altogether disappointed with the railroad—it was so rough & so much plague with the many changes. 1852 J. Pardoe Life of Marie de Medicis II. ii. ii. 185 The disappointed minister at length withdrew to examine the paper which had been delivered to him. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 23 I am rather disappointed in our London consultant. 1947 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 June 16/1 A deeply disappointed, weather-beaten poverty-struck farmer declared ‘Chuck farming, son. Farming is no good.’ 1983 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 18/4 There are now plenty of consultants who are disappointed with the usefulness of the body scanner. 2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Oct. 21 Thousands of disappointed fans smashed chairs and ripped down posters after organisers cancelled a concert by the heavy rock group Metallica. 2013 N. Farrant After Iris (2015) 72 I am Very Disappointed in you, Bluebell Gadsby... I like to think of you as the Sensible One of your Family. †2. Not adequately appointed or prepared; not equipped or made ready as might be expected. Cf. disappoint v. 3a. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1604 perhaps with contextual meaning ‘unshriven or unabsolved in preparation for death’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] ungraitha1350 undisposedc1380 unreadya1400 dispurveyed14.. unpurveyedc1410 unrayedc1425 unwarnishedc1425 unprovided?a1439 unprepared1528 unprovided for1542 improvided1548 unfurnished1549 unpreparate1575 ungirt1579 disappointed1604 imprompt1760 unaneled1760 unapt1849 flat-footed1912 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 77 Cut off euen in the blossomes of my sinne, Vnhuzled, disappointed, vnanueld. View more context for this quotation a1658 J. Cleveland Sing-song in Wks. (1687) 259 The Bridegroom in at last did rustle, All disappointed in the Bustle, The Maidens had shav'd his Breeches. Derivatives disaˈppointedly adv. in a disappointed manner; in a manner characterized by or suggestive of disappointment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a disappointed manner disappointedly1776 1776 Johnsoniana 65 ‘Well, Sam,’ says he, rather disappointedly. 1880 F. H. Burnett Louisiana 12 I would rather have ‘Louise’, she said, disappointedly. 1916 B. M. Bower Heritage of Sioux ii. 33 Turning her eyes disappointedly from the empty mesa. 2002 M. Berry tr. Y. Zhaoyan Nanjing 1937 63 ‘Don't tell me you don't feel you are disgracing yourself by doing this,’ his father said, sighing disappointedly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1550
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