disappoint

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make someone sad or unhappy by not being as good as they hoped or expected.

   I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the concert has been cancelled.

2. 2
   verb

   To fail to meet a hope or expectation.

   The new film disappointed the fans who had waited years for it.

3. 3
   verb

   To prevent something that was planned or hoped for from happening.

   Bad weather disappointed their plans for a day at the beach.

From Middle French desapointer (compare French désappointer). The word originally meant to "dispossess of appointed office", and eventually broadened to mean "to frustrate the expectations or desires of" and "defeat the realization or fulfillment of".

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