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- Dictionarydisappointing/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations: "the team made a disappointing start" Similar Opposite
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not as good as you had hoped or expected; not satisfactory: The team has had two disappointing seasons. Kerrigan finished the race a disappointing fifth. (Definition of disappointing from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of disappointing? Translations of disappointing.
The meaning of DISAPPOINTING is failing to meet expectations. How to use disappointing in a sentence.
DISAPPOINT definition: 1. to fail to satisfy someone or their hopes, wishes, etc., or to make someone feel unhappy: 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of DISAPPOINT is to fail to meet the expectation or hope of : frustrate. How to use disappoint in a sentence.
adjective. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed. a disappointing result/performance/defeat. The team has had a disappointing start to the season. disappointing for somebody The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved.
Disappointing definition: failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations. See examples of DISAPPOINTING used in a sentence.
Something that's disappointing isn't what you'd hoped for. A disappointing baseball season usually means that your favorite team lost a lot of games. When the candidate you voted for loses, it's a disappointing election result, and a disappointing grade in your math class is lower than what you hoped or expected it would be.
[transitive, intransitive] to make somebody feel sad because something that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped. disappoint (somebody) Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans. I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested.
Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be. The wine was excellent, but the food was disappointing. The recession is largely blamed for the disappointing response to the appeal. Synonyms: unsatisfactory, inadequate, discouraging, sorry More Synonyms of disappointing.
to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us. Synonyms: disenchant, dishearten, disillusion, sadden. to defeat the fulfillment of (hopes, plans, etc.); thwart; frustrate: to be disappointed in love.
