Definition of Disappointment

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Definition of Disappointment
	Disappointment The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. That which disappoints. Related Definitions: Act, Being, Defeat, Design, Disappointed, Disappointing, Expectation, Failure, Frustration, Hope, Miscarriage, Of, Or, Plan, State, That, The, Which

Disappointment Quotations

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David Thoreau

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.
Joseph Campbell

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Jim Rohn

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
Ansel Adams

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
Les Brown

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
Carl Jung

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt Vonnegut

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
Ambrose Bierce

Disappointment Translations

disappointment in Dutch is smart, leed, verdriet
disappointment in Italian is disillusione
disappointment in Norwegian is skuffelse
disappointment in Portuguese is desapontamento

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