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disappoint
What does disappoint mean?
disappoint (verb): fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use disappoint in a sentence?
- You never disappoint. (Tatoeba sentence #7073086 by verymuchso, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce disappoint?
/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does disappoint come from?
From Middle English disapointen, disapoynten, from Middle French desapointer, desappointer (Modern French désappointer).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to disappoint
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “disappoint” mean?
to come or go back (to a place or person)
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use up a period of time in a specific way
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to contain comfortably; to have space for
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fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
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