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as in frustration
the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met
we felt keen disappointment when our offer on the house was rejected
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Recent Examples of disappointment
Another unfortunate trend is customers sharing their disappointment and anger over some of their beloved NeeDohs being confiscated at airport security.
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Samantha Neely, Freep.com, 25 Mar. 2026
In that sense, their path didn’t actually change too much, despite the disappointment.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
No lives that were changed by his gaze that day — including, to my disappointment, mine.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
On the flip side, Orlando has been a puzzling disappointment, a team — just like the Heat — that has followed a seven-game winning streak with an ongoing five-game losing streak.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Neely, Freep.com, 25 Mar. 2026
In that sense, their path didn’t actually change too much, despite the disappointment.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
No lives that were changed by his gaze that day — including, to my disappointment, mine.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
On the flip side, Orlando has been a puzzling disappointment, a team — just like the Heat — that has followed a seven-game winning streak with an ongoing five-game losing streak.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointment
Noun
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But Apple shut down Dark Sky in 2023, prompting an online outcry, and Grossman eventually left out of frustration with Apple’s sluggish corporate schedule of annual software updates.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Luz Diaz Luz Diaz took her frustration to Hackensack City Hall on Tuesday evening.—
Adi Guajardo,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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But there was no letdown at Innisbrook.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Expect letdown for Texas after Saturday's emotional win?—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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His comments come as those allies express new dismay over the energy escalation, which has already driven up prices in Europe, and have shown little desire to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz.—
Raf Sanchez,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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Columbia University's Naftali said the consensus that developed in that era against assassinations was a product of several things, including public dismay over the imperial presidency in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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Even gold, which has been one of the investment world’s worst losers through the war, rose.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Washington Consensus was traditionally wary of developing countries picking winners and losers, erecting trade barriers and subsidizing favored industries.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
24 Mar. 2026
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Their dissatisfaction stems in part from Arirang’s failure to make the most of an attempt at fusing strip- and EDM-club aesthetics to the insistent word repetition of the K-pop generation prior to BTS.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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One thing that remains consistent throughout is our protagonist Carol (Elizabeth Banks) and her dissatisfaction with her life.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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The American people are not stupid and will not accept more failure theater from Republicans in Congress.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Cycads can be lethally poisonous to dogs due to a toxin called cycasin, which causes abdominal pain, seizures, coma and liver failure.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Still, along with the sadness, there’s ample speculation in the art world and on social media that the artist himself orchestrated this round of naming.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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All this goodwill and success are a huge bummer for Jessi’s current husband, Jordan.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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People thought the script was a bummer.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Disappointment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointment. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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