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    [Verb]  | "dis*ap*point" | \ ˌdis-ə-ˈpȯint \


    1: to fail to meet the expectation or hope of : frustrate

    2: to fail to meet a hope or expectation : to cause disappointment


    Origin: circa 1513 ;

     Middle English disapointen to dispossess, from Middle French desapointer, from des- dis- + appointer to arrange {mat|appoint|};

    [Verb]  | "disappoint" 


    1: to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of;


      * e.g., " ... they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game "





     [ "disappoint" ]

    1: To remove a person or thing from a previously bestowed appointment, entitlement, status, or position.

      * e.g.,  ... When Darci wasted part of an iTunes gift card on a crappy download recommendation from Mark, she had to threaten to disappoint him from his official position as "best music recommender friend ever." 

     [ "disappoint" ]

    1: the opposite of to appoint

      * e.g.,  ... Lisa was appointed as Company Director. Because of very poor performance, however, she was disappointed only a few weeks later. 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: Running into a wall with a boner and breaking your nose first.

      * e.g.,  ... Austin breaking his nose sure was a disappointment 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: The emotion that you feel when your Urban Dictionary definition gets rejected.

      * e.g.,  ... My definition got rejected. I feel mass disappointment. 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: What my mother calls me when I get a B on my geometry test before she makes me sleep outside

      * e.g.,  ... Mom: Robert! Get in here! You got a B? What a disappointment to this family. Go outside and sleep in the cold. *I proceed to grab my teddy bear and Bible and go outside to appease my crazed mother* *I also slap myself repeatively while self-scolding myself for my sins against my mother* 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: My grades

      * e.g.,  ... My grades and marks are a disappointment 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: Spending eight hours editing a YouTube video only to have it get 26 views.

      * e.g.,  ... "I feel so much disappointment. Big, big oof." 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: The feeling you get when you uncap a pen and it doesn't turn into a sword

      * e.g.,  ... * uncaps pen* dangit! That was a disappointment!* crys* 

     [ "Disappointment" ]

    1: Me.

      * e.g.,  ... Im a disappointment 

     [ "disappointed" ]

    1: feeling let down by an asshole who never stays true to their words. Sad Upset

      * e.g.,  ... She's disappointed because her boyfriend broke up with her rather than introduce her to his family. 

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