■ verb fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.
↘prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME (in the sense 'deprive of a position'): from OFr. desappointer .
■ verb fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.
↘prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME (in the sense 'deprive of a position'): from OFr. desappointer .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004