enttäuschen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disappoint verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- disenchant verb To release someone from illusion, mistaken belief or a spell; to undeceive or disillusion them.
- mock verb To make fun of someone, often by imitating them; to ridicule.
- underwhelm verb To seem less good than people were expecting, and so disappoint them.
Senses
enttäuschen 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.
- disenchant (transitive, of a person) To disappoint.
- let down (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- mock To mimic, to simulate.
- underwhelm To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.
disappoint — full definition
- verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- verb To fail to fulfill a plan, hope, or expectation.
disenchant — full definition
- verb To release someone from illusion, mistaken belief or a spell; to undeceive or disillusion them.
- verb To make someone feel let down.
- verb To snap someone out of a daydream or deep thought.
- verb To undo a magic spell that has been placed on someone or something.
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