disappointmentn.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntm(ə)nt/

Forms: see disappoint v. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disappoint v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < disappoint v. + -ment suffix. Compare dispointment n.With sense 3 compare Middle French desappointement destitution (late 15th cent.). French désappointement ‘state or condition of being disappointed’ (1783) is a borrowing < English.

†1. Non-fulfilment of an appointment or engagement; a failure to appear at an expected time or place. Cf. disappoint v. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > absenting oneself > failure to keep an appointment

disappointment1551

stand-up1921

1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 50^v Clement..semeth to thinke of that case of disapointment of the people that should comme.

1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Cicero Offices i. 17 It is no Breach of Faith, or Duty in me, not to appear; but rather the Contrary; and it were yet worse, in him to whom the Promise was made, to complain of such a disappointment.

1836 N.-Y. Mirror 31 Dec. 211/1 You are racing against time, your days are numbered when you must be in New-York, and a disappointment, or an hour's delay, may prove fatal.

a. Non-fulfilment of an expectation, intention, or desire; the action or fact of disappointing or being disappointed. Cf. disappoint v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun]

mazec1300

discomfiturea1400

delusiona1513

disappointing1533

disappointment1577

disappoint1642

heart-scald1888

dust and ashes1902

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. (table) sig. Mm.ij/1, in Chron. I Lennox Earle Mathew..his disappointment of hys purpose.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. v. §11. 274 Such disappointment of expectation, doth much abate the courage of men in fight.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 25 Not that which the World generally understands by Disappointment, the not compassing what you design'd..but the not enjoying what you have compassed, the Disappointment of Fruition.

1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. xlviii. 80 I look upon Revenge to be not only Natural, but Moral too; for the Disappointment of Malice..is a more likely Method of curing the vicious Habit.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 139 All the prospects of success and disappointment.

1843 S. Lover Handy Andy (new ed.) i. 3 Disappointment waited on all affairs in which he bore a part.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 271 Severe labour and frequent disappointment had taught observers the true conditions of success.

1920 Clothier & Furnisher June 131 The probable disappointment of those who deferred placing orders well in advance.

1984 Oregon Hist. Q. 85 153 His early efforts to gain recognition met with disappointment.

2012 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 Apr. 39 We expect that on the disappointment of these expectations, the Australian dollar is likely to break higher.

b. An instance of disappointing or being disappointed.

ΚΠ

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 155 Seeing by so many disappoyntments of dayes and tearmes past, all further exspectacion was vayne.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. ii. 140 Lest..he..should want means of speedy thankesgiuing for so gratious a disappointment. Beholde a Ram stands ready for the sacrifice.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §8 The passions, disquietments, and disappointments of men.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 126 He made a Dive into my Pocket, but encountering a Disappointment, Rub'd off, Cursing the Vaccuum.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 196. ⁋4 Hope will predominate in every mind, till it has been suppressed by frequent disappointments.

1834 C. M. Sedgewick Redwood I. vii. 227 She had been resigned in afflictions, patient under all those often recurring vexations and petty disappointments.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 9/1 Trunk dealers received another disappointment in the traffic, which showed a decrease.

1971 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 7/6 They are sure to suffer many a disappointment.

2001 T. Umrigar Bombay Time (2002) ii. 47 Her heart ached for her son, as if the disappointments she believed awaited him had already occurred.

c. The state or condition of being disappointed; the feeling or emotion produced by the non-fulfilment of an expectation, intention, or desire; esp. frustration, displeasure, or dejection caused by failure to achieve a hoped-for or anticipated outcome.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > state of

disappointment1645

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > caused by disappointment

disappointment1645

1645 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer v. 35 Full of vanity, windinesse, vexation, disappointment.

1717 S. Sewall Let.-bk. 15 Jan. (1888) II. 63 I had rather myself bear part of the charge, then that the poor young man moroon'd and return home with shame and disappointment.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §5. 10 If it [sc. pleasure] be abruptly broken off, there ensues an uneasy sense called disappointment.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. x. 204 To my agreeable disappointment, she behaved infinitely better than I dared to expect.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 118 The disappointment was intense in proportion to the interests which were at issue.

1923 Humorist 20 Oct. 302/3 ‘Dash it!’ I exclaimed, throwing the newspaper to the ground in my disappointment.

1942 C. Headlam Diary 3 Nov. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) x. 340 I foresee so much disappointment and discontent as the result of all the nonsense that is being given tongue to nowadays.

2007 Church Times 23 Mar. 37/1 He spent the war training others, and, to his disappointment, never saw active service.

d. A cause of disappointment; a thing which or person who disappoints.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints > person

disappointer1649

disappointment1765

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints

apple of Sodom1635

disappointment1843

suck-in1856

anticlimax1858

sell1890

lemon1909

damp squib1963

1765 W. Cowper Let. 1 Aug. (1979) I. 108 One who has been a disappointment and a vexation to them ever since he has been of consequence enough to be either.

1843 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. x. 177 Bath is a disappointment—monotonous, bald, poor, and dead.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 46 She saw clearly that the meeting with the son had been a disappointment in some way.

1923 Humorist 17 Nov. 409/1 The shed, certainly, was a bit of a disappointment. You couldn't saw in it without barking your elbows.

1969 Listener 10 July 59/1 After all this and the excellent support groups, the Rolling Stones were a musical disappointment.

2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) ix. 101 I'm a big disappointment. I'm the family thickie.

†3. With of. Deprivation or denial of something required, desired, or expected; spec. failure in the proper equipping of a store, or in the expected provision of goods, supplies, etc. Cf. disappoint v. 3a. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1590 Proclam. Elizabeth I calling in Comm. for Making Salt Peter 13 Jan. (single sheet) Great quantities of Salt peter made by vertue of her maiesties latter commission..haue bene..conuerted vnto other vses then for her maiesties seruice..to the great disappointment and disfurnishing of her maiesties store.

1676 G. Carew Fraud & Oppress. Detected & Arraigned 35 The loss and Dammages..by Disappointment of Supplies and loss of Trade, amounting to one hundred fifty one thousand six hundred & twelve pounds.

1696 M. Geddes Church-hist. Ethiopia 462 His Gout, though extreamly violent, did not torment him half so much as the disappointment of the Portuguese troops he had been so long promised.

1763 Mod. Part Universal Hist. 202 The disappointment of his provisions and carriages..retarded his army for some weeks.

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

单词	disappointment
释义	disappointmentn. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntm(ə)nt/ Forms: see disappoint v. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disappoint v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < disappoint v. + -ment suffix. Compare dispointment n.With sense 3 compare Middle French desappointement destitution (late 15th cent.). French désappointement ‘state or condition of being disappointed’ (1783) is a borrowing < English. †1. Non-fulfilment of an appointment or engagement; a failure to appear at an expected time or place. Cf. disappoint v. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > absenting oneself > failure to keep an appointment disappointment1551 stand-up1921 1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 50^v Clement..semeth to thinke of that case of disapointment of the people that should comme. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Cicero Offices i. 17 It is no Breach of Faith, or Duty in me, not to appear; but rather the Contrary; and it were yet worse, in him to whom the Promise was made, to complain of such a disappointment. 1836 N.-Y. Mirror 31 Dec. 211/1 You are racing against time, your days are numbered when you must be in New-York, and a disappointment, or an hour's delay, may prove fatal. 2. a. Non-fulfilment of an expectation, intention, or desire; the action or fact of disappointing or being disappointed. Cf. disappoint v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] mazec1300 discomfiturea1400 delusiona1513 disappointing1533 disappointment1577 disappoint1642 heart-scald1888 dust and ashes1902 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. (table) sig. Mm.ij/1, in Chron. I Lennox Earle Mathew..his disappointment of hys purpose. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. v. §11. 274 Such disappointment of expectation, doth much abate the courage of men in fight. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 25 Not that which the World generally understands by Disappointment, the not compassing what you design'd..but the not enjoying what you have compassed, the Disappointment of Fruition. 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. xlviii. 80 I look upon Revenge to be not only Natural, but Moral too; for the Disappointment of Malice..is a more likely Method of curing the vicious Habit. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 139 All the prospects of success and disappointment. 1843 S. Lover Handy Andy (new ed.) i. 3 Disappointment waited on all affairs in which he bore a part. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 271 Severe labour and frequent disappointment had taught observers the true conditions of success. 1920 Clothier & Furnisher June 131 The probable disappointment of those who deferred placing orders well in advance. 1984 Oregon Hist. Q. 85 153 His early efforts to gain recognition met with disappointment. 2012 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 Apr. 39 We expect that on the disappointment of these expectations, the Australian dollar is likely to break higher. b. An instance of disappointing or being disappointed. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 155 Seeing by so many disappoyntments of dayes and tearmes past, all further exspectacion was vayne. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. ii. 140 Lest..he..should want means of speedy thankesgiuing for so gratious a disappointment. Beholde a Ram stands ready for the sacrifice. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §8 The passions, disquietments, and disappointments of men. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 126 He made a Dive into my Pocket, but encountering a Disappointment, Rub'd off, Cursing the Vaccuum. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 196. ⁋4 Hope will predominate in every mind, till it has been suppressed by frequent disappointments. 1834 C. M. Sedgewick Redwood I. vii. 227 She had been resigned in afflictions, patient under all those often recurring vexations and petty disappointments. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 9/1 Trunk dealers received another disappointment in the traffic, which showed a decrease. 1971 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 7/6 They are sure to suffer many a disappointment. 2001 T. Umrigar Bombay Time (2002) ii. 47 Her heart ached for her son, as if the disappointments she believed awaited him had already occurred. c. The state or condition of being disappointed; the feeling or emotion produced by the non-fulfilment of an expectation, intention, or desire; esp. frustration, displeasure, or dejection caused by failure to achieve a hoped-for or anticipated outcome. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > state of disappointment1645 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > caused by disappointment disappointment1645 1645 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer v. 35 Full of vanity, windinesse, vexation, disappointment. 1717 S. Sewall Let.-bk. 15 Jan. (1888) II. 63 I had rather myself bear part of the charge, then that the poor young man moroon'd and return home with shame and disappointment. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §5. 10 If it [sc. pleasure] be abruptly broken off, there ensues an uneasy sense called disappointment. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. x. 204 To my agreeable disappointment, she behaved infinitely better than I dared to expect. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 118 The disappointment was intense in proportion to the interests which were at issue. 1923 Humorist 20 Oct. 302/3 ‘Dash it!’ I exclaimed, throwing the newspaper to the ground in my disappointment. 1942 C. Headlam Diary 3 Nov. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) x. 340 I foresee so much disappointment and discontent as the result of all the nonsense that is being given tongue to nowadays. 2007 Church Times 23 Mar. 37/1 He spent the war training others, and, to his disappointment, never saw active service. d. A cause of disappointment; a thing which or person who disappoints. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints > person disappointer1649 disappointment1765 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints apple of Sodom1635 disappointment1843 suck-in1856 anticlimax1858 sell1890 lemon1909 damp squib1963 1765 W. Cowper Let. 1 Aug. (1979) I. 108 One who has been a disappointment and a vexation to them ever since he has been of consequence enough to be either. 1843 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. x. 177 Bath is a disappointment—monotonous, bald, poor, and dead. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 46 She saw clearly that the meeting with the son had been a disappointment in some way. 1923 Humorist 17 Nov. 409/1 The shed, certainly, was a bit of a disappointment. You couldn't saw in it without barking your elbows. 1969 Listener 10 July 59/1 After all this and the excellent support groups, the Rolling Stones were a musical disappointment. 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) ix. 101 I'm a big disappointment. I'm the family thickie. †3. With of. Deprivation or denial of something required, desired, or expected; spec. failure in the proper equipping of a store, or in the expected provision of goods, supplies, etc. Cf. disappoint v. 3a. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1590 Proclam. Elizabeth I calling in Comm. for Making Salt Peter 13 Jan. (single sheet) Great quantities of Salt peter made by vertue of her maiesties latter commission..haue bene..conuerted vnto other vses then for her maiesties seruice..to the great disappointment and disfurnishing of her maiesties store. 1676 G. Carew Fraud & Oppress. Detected & Arraigned 35 The loss and Dammages..by Disappointment of Supplies and loss of Trade, amounting to one hundred fifty one thousand six hundred & twelve pounds. 1696 M. Geddes Church-hist. Ethiopia 462 His Gout, though extreamly violent, did not torment him half so much as the disappointment of the Portuguese troops he had been so long promised. 1763 Mod. Part Universal Hist. 202 The disappointment of his provisions and carriages..retarded his army for some weeks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551
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