Associations to the word «Disappointment»

Wiktionary

DISAPPOINTMENT, noun. (uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.
DISAPPOINTMENT, noun. (countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.

Dictionary definition

DISAPPOINTMENT, noun. A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment".
DISAPPOINTMENT, noun. An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche