disappoint

The word “disappoint” means to make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations. In plain terms, to let someone down by not living up to what they hoped for.

“Disappoint” is pronounced dih-suh-POYNT (/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ in IPA).

Here is “disappoint” used in a sentence: “The sequel disappointed fans of the original film.”

The opposite of “disappoint” — its antonyms — is satisfy.

“Disappoint” is a verb.

The word “disappoint” comes from Middle French. From Middle French desapointer, which originally meant to remove someone from an appointed office, later broadening to "frustrate someone's expectations.".

“Disappoint” is an uncommon word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Disappoint” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.

Disappoint focuses on the emotional effect of not meeting someone's hopes or expectations, while fail more broadly describes not achieving a goal or standard, whether or not anyone's feelings are involved. A team can fail to win a match, which may also disappoint its fans.

Disappoint can take either a person as its object, as in the results disappointed the fans, or a plan, hope, or expectation, as in the trip disappointed our expectations for good weather. Both uses share the core sense of falling short of what was hoped for.

A common mistake is saying disappointed from instead of the correct disappointed by or disappointed with, as in disappointed by the outcome or disappointed with the service. Learners of English sometimes incorrectly transfer prepositions from other languages.