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# disappointed

adjective (disappointed; more disappointed, most disappointed); verb form (past of «disappoint»)

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

## Everyday

1. Sad because something you hoped for did not happen, or was not as good as you expected. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#m1)
2. (verb form) Made someone feel this way: «the film disappointed me». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons about feelings, being disappointed is normal: losing a game, a party cancelled, a bad mark. Children learn to name the feeling and cope with it — talk about it, try again. In stories it shows a character's hopes failing. Phrases: «disappointed in someone», «disappointed with something», «disappointed that…».

### Examples

- I was disappointed when the trip was cancelled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x1)
- She felt disappointed that she didn't win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x2)
- Mum was disappointed in me for lying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x3)
- We were disappointed with the rainy weather at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x4)
- It's okay to feel disappointed; try again next time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x5)
- The ending of the book disappointed me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x6)
- He looked disappointed when the shop was out of ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappointed/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: one «s», two «p»s: dis-a-ppointed. «Disappointed» describes how you feel; «disappointing» describes the thing that causes it: «a disappointing match» makes you «disappointed». «Disappointed in» a person; «disappointed with/by» a thing.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to have hopes or plans frustrated or cheated. In Job it means farm workers cheated of their living, and in Ezekiel a lioness whose hope is lost.

**Interpretation.** Job swears he has never cheated workers of their land's produce. Ezekiel's lioness stands for the kings of Judah, whose hopes for the kingdom kept failing.

### Examples

- If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed — (Writings JOB.31.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disappointed/#x1)
- Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. (Prophets EZK.19.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/disappointed/#x2)

### Note

Spelling: one «s», two «p»s: dis-a-ppointed. «Disappointed» describes how you feel; «disappointing» describes the thing that causes it: «a disappointing match» makes you «disappointed». «Disappointed in» a person; «disappointed with/by» a thing.

## On Mova

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