DISAPPOINTED


Meaning of DISAPPOINTED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsəpɔɪntɪd ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you are disappointed , you are rather sad because something has not happened or because something is not as good as you had hoped.

Castle-hunters won’t be disappointed with the Isle of Man...

I was disappointed that Kluge was not there...

I was disappointed to see the lack of coverage afforded to this event.

ADJ : oft ADJ prep , ADJ that , ADJ to-inf

2.

If you are disappointed in someone, you are rather sad because they have not behaved as well as you expected them to.

You should have accepted that. I’m disappointed in you.

ADJ : v-link ADJ in n

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