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# disappoint

verb (disappoint, disappoints, disappointed, disappointing)

«disappoint» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make someone sad because something was not as good as they hoped, or did not happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#m1)
2. To let someone down by not doing what they expected. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#m2)

### In the lessons

A very common everyday word for feelings. Adjectives: disappointed (how you feel) and disappointing (what made you feel it). Phrases: «disappointed in someone», «disappointed with something», «I'm sorry to disappoint you». In stories it shows that hopes were not met.

### Examples

- The film disappointed me — the book was better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x1)
- I don't want to disappoint my team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x2)
- We were disappointed when the trip was cancelled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x3)
- The weather was disappointing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x4)
- Alice was disappointed to find the little door locked again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x5)
- Sorry to disappoint you, but there's no cake left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x6)
- His test score didn't disappoint his mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x7)
- Toad disappointed his friends again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: one s, two p's — dis-ap-point. I am disappointED (my feeling); the match was disappointING (the thing). Noun: disappointment.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disappoint» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappoint/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disappoint» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disappoint.html) on Mova free.