|disə|pȯint verb
Etymology: Middle French desapointier, from des- dis- (I) + apointier to arrange, settle — more at appoint
transitive verb
1. archaic : to remove from office
2. : to thwart or defeat the expectation or hope of
expected a profitable year, but was badly disappointed
I was much disappointed in him
: frustrate , balk
disappointed their best hopes
3. obsolete : undo , nullify , destroy
intransitive verb
: to cause disappointment
somewhere, life had disappointed — Mollie Panter-Downes