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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "disappointment" in a sentence

    disappointment example sentences

    disappointment


    1. disappointment at the size of the Oak Tree in question


    2. He was trying to project an aura of mild disappointment, like he was strong enough to take this, but Ava could see each piece of paper shaking as he put it back in its folder


    3. entire being is made up of nothing but disappointment, pulled a red handkerchief from


    4. about the disappointment she feels with her fat and flabby husband


    5. For a large river, it was a disappointment, just a bunch of water as far as she could tell


    6. of your life, this is the latest disappointment you will in love


    7. Here in this damp little island, where the eyes of the masses dim with disappointment when still young, this man enjoyed the luxury of profession and vocation


    8. The sense of disappointment, of failure, was crushing in the darkness


    9. It was late in the afternoon when we arrived at our hotel at Kryoneri: I sighed in disappointment as soon as I found out how small, noisy, isolated and miserable it is - nothing to do with the hotel we had seen on the leaflet


    10. I could barely stand the disappointment, and it was only another bout of makeshift, post-breakfast work-out that restored my sanity

    11. I was the ultimate disappointment


    12. His wife of twenty years chose the pension and condo in Sao Luis rather than a berth on the Lula and now she was his greatest disappointment, he knew then it had been a one-sided relationship all along


    13. "Give me what you got then," Glenelle let the disappointment show in her voice


    14. The little man, who looked to all intents and purposes like a fifty-year old accounts clerk, the sort of man who is equally hen-pecked and ignored because his entire being is made up of nothing but disappointment, pulled a red handkerchief from his jacket pocket, wiped first his brow and then his glasses, and then finally, and with an almighty bulge, he blew his nose


    15. Every little death, every disappointment, every tiring of the spirit, they’re all mine, remember


    16. You are not a disappointment to my Lady, Daniel


    17. and the disappointment of age that longs


    18. Dear Auntie had decided to go ahead with it rather than cause disappointment, although I'm sure she would rather have taken some time to be alone


    19. I slow her, noting how her ears twist as though in disappointment


    20. He found that his disappointment in the collapse of his hopes and dreams for Rose carried through into each new liaison

    21. To the grave and desperate disappointment of both the young man and his mother, the young ladies behaved perfectly because they had all been brought up properly by respectably stage struck parents, each of them agreeing immediately to the request for a bit of a scrub at the washtub


    22. She listened to the story unfold with a growing sense of unease and disappointment, a sense that rapidly turned to despair and utter devastation when the pictures cut to the image of an ecstatic twelve year old from Grimsby who would be attending a gala bash in London the following weekend where the boy and his band would finally be unveiled


    23. She turned and was silent for a moment as she studied the brave smile on Altera’s face, hiding the disappointment she most surely felt


    24. his adult life, was a grave disappointment to Billy


    25. Disappointment clobbers me somewhere in the region of my stomach


    26. disappointment in the collapse of his hopes and dreams for Rose


    27. unfold with a growing sense of unease and disappointment, a sense


    28. So, in disappointment of the hopeful schemes of both sets of parents, the match fizzled and faded without consummation


    29. He wondered if he detected a trace of disappointment in her voice


    30. tower, but found to his disappointment that it led to a dead end, with

    31. Almost tearful with disappointment, he faced again the direction he was heading in and saw the van had come to a halt just up the road


    32. She said her good-byes and tried not to show her disappointment


    33. ’ Jarvis commented, noting the disappointment appearing in her eyes


    34. But then, much to the disappointment of Suzie, Sam, and Lian, out of the bushes came Monica


    35. "What is this?" Emma questioned, flashing a look of disappointment in his direction “Got tired of my duster?"


    36. " Shelly proclaimed, with an air of disappointment


    37. “Ah, poor Harry,” consoled the ladies, feigning concern for his pretense of disappointment


    38. “I guess that means we're all done?” he said with some disappointment in his voice


    39. Olivia affirmed her guess aloud and with a slight disappointment that her ruse was unsuccessful she went to sit down and watch the continuing game


    40. Her heart fell in disappointment

    41. She flashed him a look of disappointment and he recognized it immediately


    42. "Nothing but problems" Jim asked with a look of disappointment


    43. what? He couldn’t identify whether it was disappointment


    44. " His face was filled with disappointment


    45. disappointment, he told us where the scene in the


    46. His smile faded away, replaced by a look of utter disappointment


    47. a disappointment to Enid


    48. With their excitement was a tinge of disappointment


    49. Exhaustion and disappointment had finally taken their toll


    50. It took him time and trouble to get over his shock and disappointment in her at providing such a stupid answer, especially when she told him it was a ghost ship













































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    Synonyms for "disappointment"

    dashing hopes disappointment letdown chagrin displeasure frustration distress mortification defeat calamity downfall mistake fiasco

    "disappointment" definitions

    a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized


    an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone