disappoint
verb /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disappoint | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ |
| he / she / it disappoints | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/ |
| past simple disappointed | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ |
| past participle disappointed | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form disappointing | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make somebody feel sad because something that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped
- disappoint (somebody) Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
- I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested.
- The movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected).
- I hate to disappoint the children when they've been looking forward to it so much.
- His latest novel does not disappoint.
- it disappoints somebody that… It disappointed me that nobody bothered to say thank you.
- [transitive] disappoint something to prevent something that somebody hopes for from becoming a reality
- The new government had soon disappointed the hopes of many of its supporters.
- If he agrees to the deal he will disappoint the expectations of many colleagues.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer.