disappointment

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English disappoint Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disappointment From disappoint + -ment.

1. The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.

   “Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.”

   “They remembered too keenly their pleasant credulity as to what to-morrow would bring forth, to dare indulge expectation of its pleasure; they had been disappointed once—so might they be again—for disappointment ever leaves fear behind.”

2. An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

   “The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.”

   “For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.”

3. Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

   “Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.”

   “What a disappointment!”