disappointedadjective
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.tɪd/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/B1 unhappy because someone or something was not as good as you hoped or expected, or because something did not happen:
We were deeply disappointed at/about the result.
His parents were bitterly disappointed in/with him.
[ + (that) ] She was disappointed (that) they hadn't phoned.
[ + to infinitive ] He was disappointed to find they'd already left.
If you're expecting Dad to let you borrow his car, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
More examples
- She was disappointed to see her essay returned with a mass of corrections in red ink.
- I was a bit disappointed just to be given a B, as I was hoping for an A.
- When the magician didn't turn up for his birthday party, Dan was terribly disappointed.
- We were really disappointed by the hotel when we got there - it was nothing like the description in the brochure.
- Of course, he's disappointed not to have been chosen for the school team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- downhearted
- grieving
- miserably
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- not be a happy camper idiom
- wretched
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disappointedly
adverb uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.tɪd.li/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd.li/