DISAPPOINTMENT

n. 1 frustration, non-fulfilment,unfulfilment, unsatisfaction, dissatisfaction, set-back, failure, let-down, defeat, blow, fiasco, calamity, disaster, fizzle, Brit damp squib, Colloq wash-out Recently he has had one disappointment after another 2 dejection, depression, discouragement, disenchantment, distress, regret, mortification, chagrin I cannot tell you the disappointment your father and I felt when you failed to get into university