Word for the day: disappointed

disappointed |dɪs.əˈpɔɪn.tɪd|                            *decepcionado (en Español)

DEFINITIONadjectivesad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations: I'mdisappointed in you, Mary | thousands of disappointed customers were kept waiting.• (of hopes or expectations) prevented from being realized.

DERIVATIVES

disappointedly adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer .

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