## Meanings
1. To make someone sad or unhappy by not being as good as they hoped or expected.
2. To fail to meet a hope or expectation.
3. To prevent something that was planned or hoped for from happening.

## Examples
- I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the concert has been cancelled.
- The new film disappointed the fans who had waited years for it.
- Bad weather disappointed their plans for a day at the beach.

## Antonyms
- satisfy

## Etymology
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".

## AI Etymology
disappoint comes 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". Current senses include to make someone sad or unhappy by not being as good as they hoped or expected and to fail to meet a hope or expectation.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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