Associations to the word «Disappointed»

Wiktionary

DISAPPOINTED, adjective. Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
DISAPPOINTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of disappoint

Dictionary definition

DISAPPOINTED, adjective. Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats