# disappointment

Pronunciation: say "dis-uh-POYNT-muhnt" /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

## Noun

1. The feeling of sadness or frustration that comes when something turns out worse than hoped, or when something bad happens unexpectedly.
   - Simple: A sad or upset feeling you get when something is not as good as you hoped.
   - _A wave of disappointment washed over the fans when the concert was called off._
   - _She hid her disappointment behind a polite smile throughout the meeting._
2. A person or thing that causes a feeling of being let down by failing to meet hopes or expectations.
   - Simple: A person or thing that makes you feel let down because it is not as good as you hoped.
   - _The new restaurant turned out to be a disappointment, with bland food and painfully slow service._
   - _Critics called the sequel one of the year's biggest disappointments._
3. An occasion or instance in which something hoped for fails to happen as expected.
   - Simple: A time when something you hoped for does not happen.
   - _Failing to win the contract was a major disappointment for the firm._
   - _The team weathered several disappointments during a long and difficult season._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "disappoint" combined with the noun-forming suffix "-ment".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disappointment (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).