Definition of Disappoint

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Disappoint

To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.

To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

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Disappoint Quotations

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Elbert Hubbard

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
Roger Bannister

People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people you want to disappoint.
Joel Coen

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.
Maria Mitchell

People take chances every now and then, and you don't want to disappoint them.
Jason Statham

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.
Sarah Bernhardt

I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.
Peter Fonda

It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid.
Susan Hampshire

You try to get the feel of any role, but it's much more difficult in the case of Christ because everyone has their own personal image of Him. It's a role you take on, knowing that no matter how you play it, you are going to disappoint many.
Jeffrey Hunter

That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.
Rebecca Romijn

Disappoint Translations

disappoint in Danish is skuffe
disappoint in Dutch is tegenvallen, ontgoochelen
disappoint in Italian is deludere
disappoint in Latin is frustro
disappoint in Norwegian is skuffe
disappoint in Portuguese is decepcione
disappoint in Spanish is decepcionado, desencantar

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