失望 — meaning in English
shī wàng
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English meaning
- disappoint verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- disappointed adj Feeling let down because something did not turn out as hoped.
- disappointment noun The feeling of sadness or letdown when something doesn't meet expectations.
- disillusionment noun A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
- mock verb To make fun of someone, often by imitating them; to ridicule.
- wail verb To cry out loudly in grief, pain, or sorrow.
Senses
失望 is used for these senses in English:
- disappoint (transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
- disappointed Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
- disappointment (countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
- disillusionment A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
- let down (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- mock To mimic, to simulate.
- wail (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
disappoint — full definition
- verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- verb To fail to fulfil a plan, hope, or expectation.