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Meaning of "disappointing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISAPPOINTING

disappointing  [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISAPPOINTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disappointing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISAPPOINTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

disappointing

Disappointment

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person feeling regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself. It is a source of psychological stress. The study of disappointment—its causes, impact, and the degree to which individual decisions are motivated by a desire to avoid it—is a focus in the field of decision analysis, as disappointment is one of two primary emotions involved in decision-making.

Definition of disappointing in the English dictionary

The definition of disappointing in the dictionary is failing to meet one's expectations, hopes, desires, or standards.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISAPPOINTING


accounting
əˈkaʊntɪŋ
anointing
əˈnɔɪntɪŋ
counting
ˈkaʊntɪŋ
hinting
ˈhɪntɪŋ
hunting
ˈhʌntɪŋ
imprinting
ɪmˈprɪntɪŋ
linting
ˈlɪntɪŋ
malimprinting
ˌmælɪmˈprɪntɪŋ
mounting
ˈmaʊntɪŋ
painting
ˈpeɪntɪŋ
parenting
ˈpɛərəntɪŋ
planting
ˈplɑːntɪŋ
pointing
ˈpɔɪntɪŋ
printing
ˈprɪntɪŋ
repointing
ˌriːˈpɔɪntɪŋ
underpainting
ˈʌndəˌpeɪntɪŋ
undisappointing
ˌʌnˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
unstinting
ʌnˈstɪntɪŋ
untainting
ʌnˈteɪntɪŋ
wanting
ˈwɒntɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISAPPOINTING

disapparel
disapparelled
disappear
disappearance
disappeared
disapplication
disapply
disappoint
disappointed
disappointedly
disappointingly
disappointment
disapprobation
disapprobative
disapprobatory
disappropriate
disapproval
disapprove
disapprover
disapproving

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISAPPOINTING

acting
banting
bunting
business accounting
business-accounting
chanting
consenting
daunting
dissenting
face painting
financial accounting
haunting
house-hunting
not counting
offset printing
oil painting
panting
ranting
screen printing
unrelenting
venting

Synonyms and antonyms of disappointing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISAPPOINTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disappointing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disappointing

Translation of «disappointing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISAPPOINTING

Find out the translation of disappointing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disappointing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disappointing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人失望的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decepcionante
570 millions of speakers

English

disappointing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निराशाजनक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُخَيِّبُ للَأمَل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разочаровывающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decepcionante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হতাশাদায়ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décevant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengecewakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

enttäuschend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

がっかりさせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실망시키는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuciwo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm thất vọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏமாற்றத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निराशाजनक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

umut kırıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deludente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozczarowany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невтішний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezamăgitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απογοητευτικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teleurstellend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misslyckad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skuffende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disappointing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISAPPOINTING»

The term «disappointing» is very widely used and occupies the 16.270 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISAPPOINTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disappointing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disappointing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disappointing

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISAPPOINTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disappointing.
1
Will Arnett
When it sort of finally sets in that you're not going to be doing that anymore... it's disappointing.
2
Katy B
I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.
3
Michele Bachmann
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's disappointing when it's not.
4
Samuel Barnett
I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
5
Bernard Baruch
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
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Gael Garcia Bernal
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
7
Sandra Bernhard
There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.
8
Mel Brooks
You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
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Marcus Buckingham
A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.
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Sandra Bullock
I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create with one day is usually disappointing because you put them up on a pedestal, and then you're like, 'Wow, that's not a nice person.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISAPPOINTING»

Discover the use of disappointing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disappointing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and ...
A first children's songbook combines choreography, activities, and recipes with lyrics for such songs as "I'm a Little Coconut," "Everybody Dreams," and "A Co Di By Doze," in a volume with a CD of six classic and four original songs.
Lisa Loeb, 2011
2
Coping with the Disappointing Rates of Return of Development ...
The fundamental political economy of early commitment to grandiose projects of uncertain environmental consequence has not been overturned.
William Ascher, 1992
3
The dead are so disappointing: poems
This collection stands revealed as an integral part of a long-delayed mourning process as the daughter struggles to reconcile the competing emotions of anger and grief, betrayal and loyalty, that surfaced after her father's death.
Katherine Fishburn, 2000
4
The Four Horsepersons of a Disappointing Apocalypse
"Gabriel Welsch's remarkable third collection boisterously offers up a wonderfully imaginative romp through the wilds of pop-culture and various amusing suburban conflicts.
Gabriel Welsch, 2013
5
Friendship
ii. The. Apocalypse. Is. Disappointing. A philosopher, or rather, as he himself said with modesty and pride, a professor of philosophy, decides to ask himself this question: Today there is the atomic bomb; humanity can destroy itself; this ...
Maurice Blanchot, 1997
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Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
O [+ to infinitive] We were extremely disappointed to receive this information. disappointing /,dis- a 'paint- in/ adj not as good as you had hoped or expected; not satisfactory o The team has had two disappointing seasons, o Kerrigan finished ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
7
'The Rains are Disappointing Us': Vulnerability and ...
This thesis assesses the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of Mimkyemfre, a rural Ghanaian community, to the effects of climate change in the context of other stresses and conditions.
University of Guelph. Department of Geography, Lisa Westerhoff, University of Guelph. School of Graduate Studies, 2008
8
Well-Driven Nails: How to Find Contentment in a ...
Well-driven nails answers your questions, offering a practical, fresh look at the book of Ecclesiastes, setting a straight nail in the wall on which to hang your thoughts, your heart, your hope.
Larry L. Lichtenwalter, 1999
9
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating
Disappointing. Dating. Scripts: Making. the. Best. of. lt. Bree was really excited about her date with Jason. She had her hair and nails done, bought a new outfit, and even bought some new things for her bedroom. She had been looking forward ...
Judith Kuriansky, 2004
10
Let's Talk Hockey: 50 Wonderful Debates
However I'll debate on who has had the most disappointing career not so much based on the hype before but rather the “what-if” factor. So I'm going to eliminate certain 1st overall picks right off the bat. Brian Lawton was 1st in 1983 and he ...
Phil Schlenker, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISAPPOINTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disappointing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Nézet-Séguin/Villazón CD …
... Nézet-Séguin/Villazón CD review: disappointing. 3 / 5 stars. Damrau/Prohaska/Villazón/Schweinester/Selig/Quasthoff/COE/Nézet-Séguin «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Talensi by-election results “disappointing” – Akufo-Addo
The results are disappointing, but the work that was done, coupled with the attitude and commitment of our people towards the work ahead in ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jul 15»
3
Westminster's "extremely disappointing" Quietway proposals that will …
Westminster's "extremely disappointing" Quietway proposals that will leave cyclists at risk of collision. Designs, which include painted bikes on ... «road.cc, Jul 15»
4
Letter of the day: Discussions on proposed bridge disappointing
A boat travels down the South Saskatchewan River past the Traffic Bridge while thick smoke fills the air on July 4, 2015. Photograph by: Liam ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
5
The five most disappointing things about Rory McIlroy missing the …
Every part of that paragraph is incredibly depressing (from a sports perspective), and every injury in sports is pretty much the worst. «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
6
The 4 Most Disappointing Teams in Sports History - The Cheat Sheet
For all the success stories in sports history, there are infinitely more examples of failure. That makes a whole lot of sense: at the end of every ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
7
Bud Norris continues to have a disappointing year - OutsidePitchMLB
As a result, Norris is having an incredibly disappointing season thus far. Coming off of a 2014 season in which he picked up a career-high 15 wins with a ... «OutsidePitchMLB, Jul 15»
8
Chorus finds own work 'disappointing' after property owner complaint
Ivan Hodges of Stoke isn't happy with the way Chorus and its contractors have installed fibre optic cable on a shared fence with his neighbours. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
9
Samsung Posts Disappointing Q2 Estimate on Poor S6 Sales …
Increased competition from low-cost phone makers in China and India is partly to blame for Samsung's disappointing financials this quarter, but ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
10
Loss to Guam was disturbing, disappointing: Chhetri - The Times of …
It was very disturbing and disappointing. To come back to the dressing room knowing that you have not given your best is not a happy feeling at ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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