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Pronunciation:
[ dˌɪsɐpˈɔ͡ɪnt], [ dˌɪsɐpˈɔɪnt], [ d_ˌɪ_s_ɐ_p_ˈɔɪ_n_t]
The word "disappoint" is a commonly used term that refers to the feeling of letdown, frustration, or dissatisfaction. There are several other synonyms for the word "disappoint" that can be used as an alternative, depending on the context of the sentence or phrase. These include words like dishearten, disillusion, frustrate, let down, dissatisfy, thwart, crush, upset, and dampen. Each of these words carries a slightly different shade of meaning that can help to convey the speaker's intended emotion or tone. It is always beneficial to vary the vocabulary in one's writing or speech by incorporating synonyms to avoid redundancy and add nuance.
Related words: sad, unhappy, depressed, broken down, crushed
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Similar words for disappoint:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- disappoint (noun)
- backfire (verb)
- baffle (verb)
- balk (verb)
- bilk (verb)
- blight (verb)
- circumvent (verb)
- counter (verb)
- dash (verb)
- deceive (verb)
- defeat (verb)
- disappoint (verb)
- disillusion (verb)
- displease (verb)
- dissatisfy (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- fail (verb)
- foil (verb)
- jilt (verb)
- mock (verb)
- mortify (verb)
- sell/sell out (verb)
- thwart (verb)
- other synonyms
- deceive
- defeat
- displease
- fail
- impede
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Disappoint:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- dissatisfy,
- discontent,
- happy.
v.
• backfire (verb)- re coils,
- mis carried,
- dis appoints,
- mis-carry,
- re bounding,
- mis carry,
- re-bounds,
- re coil,
- re-bound,
- re coiled,
- re-coiling,
- mis-carries,
- mis-carrying,
- sprung back,
- dis-appointed,
- dis appointing,
- dis appointed,
- re-coils,
- springs back,
- re bounds,
- dis-appoint,
- mis carrying,
- dis-appoints,
- re-bounding,
- re-bounded,
- mis-carried,
- dis appoint,
- re-coil,
- re coiling,
- mis carries,
- sprang back,
- re bounded,
- dis-appointing,
- re bound,
- re-coiled.
- pre-vented,
- pre vent,
- up-sets,
- up-set,
- pre-venting,
- pre-vents,
- up setting,
- pre vents,
- pre vented,
- pre-vent,
- pre venting,
- up sets,
- up-setting.
- cramping ones style,
- upsets apple cart,
- cramped one's style,
- fore stall,
- counter acting,
- cramps one style,
- cramped ones style,
- dis concerting,
- cramps ones style,
- upsetting apple cart,
- cramped style,
- fore-stalled,
- fore-stalling,
- counter-acting,
- dis concert,
- cramps style,
- threw monkey wrench in,
- dis-concerted,
- counter-acted,
- counter act,
- throws monkey wrench in,
- cramp ones style,
- threw a curve,
- counter acted,
- upsets the apple cart,
- dis-concert,
- dis-concerting,
- fore-stall,
- throws a curve,
- fore stalled,
- throwing curve,
- cramps one's style,
- fore-stalls,
- counter-act,
- dis-concerts,
- throws curve,
- throwing monkey wrench in,
- upsetting the apple cart,
- cramp one style,
- counter acts,
- throwing a curve,
- cramped one style,
- cramping style,
- dis concerts,
- counter-acts,
- dis concerted,
- throw curve,
- cramping one's style,
- fore stalling,
- fore stalls,
- threw curve,
- cramping one style.
- over-reach,
- over-reaches,
- over reach,
- de fraud,
- over reaches,
- over reached,
- over reaching,
- de frauds,
- de-frauds,
- over-reaching,
- over-reached,
- de-fraud.
- de toured,
- out-witted,
- by passing,
- out flank,
- gat around,
- de tours,
- out-flanking,
- de touring,
- steers clear of,
- out flanking,
- out-wits,
- out-witting,
- steered clear of,
- out wits,
- de-toured,
- gotten around,
- out witted,
- out-flanks,
- de-touring,
- out witting,
- out-flanked,
- out-flank,
- out-wit,
- by pass,
- got around,
- be-guiles,
- be-guile,
- de-tour,
- by passed,
- de tour,
- de-tours,
- by passes,
- be guile,
- out flanks,
- gets around,
- be guiles,
- out flanked.
- flies in face of,
- flew face of,
- thumbsing down,
- counterworked,
- flew in the face of,
- re turns,
- flying the face of,
- had bone pick,
- hitting back,
- has bone pick,
- hits back,
- re-turning,
- haddest bone pick,
- counter works,
- backtalked,
- hast bone pick,
- flies face of,
- fly the face of,
- hast bone to pick,
- flying in face of,
- flies in the face of,
- counter-works,
- re-turns,
- haddest bone to pick,
- counter working,
- flying face of,
- backtalking,
- thumbsed down,
- re turn,
- Counter-work,
- Re-turn,
- fly face of,
- plays off,
- hadst bone to pick,
- hath bone to pick,
- flies the face of,
- has bone to pick,
- playing off,
- having bone to pick,
- re turning,
- having bone pick,
- have bone pick,
- flew the face of,
- flying in the face of,
- counter work,
- counter-worked,
- counter-working,
- hadst bone pick,
- thumbses down,
- flew in face of,
- hath bone pick,
- re-turned,
- counter worked,
- counterworks,
- had bone to pick.
- dis mayed,
- dis may,
- dis comforts,
- dis-comforting,
- dis-comforts,
- dis comforting,
- dis-maying,
- dis-may,
- dis-mays,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-mayed,
- dis mays,
- dis comforted,
- dis maying,
- dis-comforted,
- dis comfort.
- de-ludes,
- took advantage of,
- de ludes,
- playing joke on,
- taking to cleaners,
- takes to cleaners,
- beats out of,
- imposing upon,
- be tray,
- played joke on,
- imposes up on,
- taking for,
- de-lude,
- de lude,
- be-trays,
- sucking in,
- be trays,
- pulls fast one,
- took cleaners,
- beating out of,
- pulled fast one,
- imposing up on,
- pulling fast one,
- taking cleaners,
- took for,
- took for ride,
- takes for ride,
- crossing up,
- crossed up,
- plays joke on,
- be-tray,
- took to cleaners,
- impose up on,
- take cleaners,
- buffaloing,
- takes cleaners,
- takes for,
- imposed up on,
- crosses up,
- sucks in.
- causing setback,
- counter plots,
- sur-mounting,
- taking wind out of sails,
- in validated,
- beats system,
- re-duce,
- take wind out sails,
- causes setback,
- over-turns,
- dis prove,
- caused setback,
- counter-plotted,
- in validates,
- counter-plots,
- dis-proves,
- beating down,
- de feat,
- dis-comfits,
- un-does,
- re duces,
- noses out,
- counter plot,
- in-validated,
- co-oking,
- beating system,
- casts down,
- over turning,
- dis proves,
- in validating,
- re-duces,
- dis-proving,
- sub dues,
- in-validates,
- counter-plotting,
- nosing out,
- sub jugate,
- takes wind out of sails,
- sur-mount,
- dis comfit,
- co oking,
- beats the system,
- un does,
- sur mount,
- threw for loop,
- sur mounts,
- dis proving,
- throwing for loop,
- sur-mounted,
- co oked,
- dis-comfit,
- dis-proved,
- un doing,
- sub-dues,
- sub-jugate,
- counter plotted,
- sub-due,
- re duce,
- co-oked,
- un done,
- in validate,
- sur mounting,
- un-doing,
- de feats,
- beats down,
- throws for loop,
- de-feat,
- nosed out,
- beating the system,
- dis proved,
- taking wind out sails,
- took wind out of sails,
- puts end to,
- over-turn,
- un-did,
- un did,
- in-validating,
- took wind out sails,
- dis-prove,
- counter plotting,
- beat system,
- over turns,
- counterplots,
- sur-mounts,
- dis comfits,
- over-turning,
- sub due,
- in-validate,
- putting end to,
- de-feats,
- takes wind out sails,
- sur mounted.
- dis abused,
- opens ones eyes,
- opened one's eyes,
- bursted bubble,
- open ones eyes,
- bursts the bubble,
- opening one's eyes,
- dis-enthrall,
- dis illusions,
- opening ones eyes,
- dis-abusing,
- dis enthrall,
- dis illusioned,
- dis-enthralled,
- opened one eyes,
- dis abuses,
- brings down to earth,
- opening one eyes,
- bursts bubble,
- bursted the bubble,
- bringing down to earth,
- dis-abused,
- dis-abuse,
- bring down earth,
- disenthralling,
- brought down earth,
- dis-illusioned,
- dis-enthralls,
- opens eyes,
- dis abuse,
- dis-illusions,
- burst bubble,
- dis illusion,
- dis abusing,
- opened eyes,
- dis enthralled,
- brings down earth,
- opened ones eyes,
- dis enthralling,
- bringing down earth,
- open one eyes,
- bursting the bubble,
- disenthralls,
- dis-illusion,
- opening eyes,
- dis-enthralling,
- dis-abuses,
- opens one's eyes,
- opens one eyes,
- bursting bubble,
- dis enthralls.
- scandalize,
- grate,
- repel,
- aggrieve,
- anger,
- annoy,
- offend,
- bother,
- jar,
- disgust,
- disturb,
- rile,
- shock,
- provoke,
- irritate.
- dis satisfy,
- dis satisfied,
- dis-satisfying,
- dis-satisfy,
- dis-satisfies,
- dis-satisfied,
- dis satisfies,
- dis satisfying.
- frustrate,
- tantalize,
- delude,
- go up in smoke,
- meet with disaster,
- miscarry,
- come to naught,
- disenchant,
- fall flat,
- baffle,
- mislead,
- abort,
- embitter,
- stand up,
- come to grief,
- tease,
- put out,
- leave in the lurch,
- come to nothing,
- be a flash in the pan,
- leave unsatisfied,
- fail to live up to the expectations of,
- bring to naught,
- founder,
- fall short,
- fizzle out,
- knock the props from under,
- fall down on,
- sadden,
- run aground,
- chagrin,
- bungle,
- torment.
- gave the run-around,
- give runaround,
- giving runaround,
- running rings around,
- hanged up,
- bollixes,
- ran circles around,
- giving run around,
- give run-around,
- gives slip,
- giving the slip,
- hanging up,
- gave the run around,
- shuffling off,
- hangs up,
- runs rings around,
- gives runaround,
- gave run around,
- give slip,
- gives the run around,
- giving run-around,
- juked,
- juking,
- gives the runaround,
- gave the slip,
- re-strains,
- runs circles around,
- gives run around,
- giving the run around,
- re strains,
- gave runaround,
- gives run-around,
- re strained,
- re strain,
- re straining,
- gave slip,
- giving the runaround,
- giving the run-around,
- re-strain,
- gave run-around,
- gives the run-around,
- giving slip,
- running circles around,
- re-strained,
- ran rings around,
- gave the runaround,
- shuffled off,
- shuffles off,
- gives the slip,
- re-straining.
- leave the altar,
- leaving at altar,
- dis-carding,
- dis-cards,
- dis-card,
- leaved the altar,
- leaved at the altar,
- left at altar,
- dis carded,
- leaves at altar,
- leaving the altar,
- leaves at the altar,
- leaves altar,
- leave at altar,
- leaved flat,
- dis cards,
- left flat,
- dis carding,
- dis-carded,
- leaving at the altar,
- leaving altar,
- leaving flat,
- dis card,
- leaves flat,
- leaves the altar,
- leaved at altar,
- left the altar,
- leaved altar,
- leave altar,
- left altar.
- takes down a peg,
- dis grace,
- taking down peg,
- gotten one comeuppance,
- takes down peg,
- gat ones comeuppance,
- dis gracing,
- gets comeuppance,
- gets one comeuppance,
- dis-grace,
- took the wind out,
- got one's comeuppance,
- get ones comeuppance,
- got comeuppance,
- be-little,
- gets one's comeuppance,
- getting comeuppance,
- dis graced,
- gotten one's comeuppance,
- gotten comeuppance,
- be littles,
- got one comeuppance,
- getting one comeuppance,
- be-littles,
- taking wind out,
- took down peg,
- taking the wind out,
- taking down a peg,
- getting one's comeuppance,
- dis graces,
- gat one's comeuppance,
- got ones comeuppance,
- dis-gracing,
- takes the wind out,
- put shame,
- gotten ones comeuppance,
- getting ones comeuppance,
- take wind out,
- gets ones comeuppance,
- took wind out,
- gat one comeuppance,
- get one comeuppance,
- takes wind out,
- dis-graces,
- gat comeuppance,
- dis-graced.
- sur renders,
- sell down river,
- rats on,
- sur rendering,
- playing false,
- delivering up,
- fourflushes,
- fourflush,
- selling down river,
- plays false,
- stab the back,
- sur-render,
- selling down the river,
- delivers up,
- sold down the river,
- four flushing,
- sur-renders,
- four-flushes,
- sur rendered,
- sur-rendered,
- four-flushed,
- sells down river,
- played false,
- fourflushed,
- ratting on,
- ratted on,
- four flushes,
- delivered up,
- stab back,
- fourflushing,
- sold down river,
- four flushed,
- sells down the river,
- sur-rendering.
Other synonyms:
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- wear down,
- disgruntle,
- demoralize,
- betray,
- scupper.
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- weaken.
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- break.
- scamming,
- beat out of,
- led on,
- taking for ride,
- Humbugged,
- pull fast one,
- scammed,
- Buffaloes,
- take for,
- take for ride,
- doublecross,
- Humbugging,
- suck in,
- cross up,
- sucked in,
- leading on,
- buffaloed,
- imposed upon,
- play joke on,
- buffalo,
- leads on,
- double cross,
- imposes upon,
- Gouging,
- impose upon,
- lead on,
- take to cleaners.
- Blanked,
- counter-plot,
- neutralize,
- put end to,
- cast down,
- beat down,
- counterplot,
- skunking,
- Counterplotting,
- skunked,
- Counterplotted,
- shellac,
- beat the system,
- over turn,
- take wind out of sails,
- nose out,
- squash,
- throw for loop,
- cause setback,
- Squashing,
- Blanking,
- casting down.
- Overpassed,
- failed,
- over pass,
- going astray,
- funked,
- go astray,
- goes astray,
- Faulting,
- went astray,
- Funking,
- Faulted,
- break one's word,
- overpast.
- Juke,
- bollixing,
- fly in the face of,
- Snowing,
- by-passing,
- cramp one's style,
- deceive,
- hoodwinked,
- detoured,
- stall,
- backlashed,
- up set,
- give the runaround,
- rat on,
- outwitting,
- swindle,
- backfire,
- bollix,
- left at the altar,
- foil,
- Preventing,
- Entrapped,
- impeded,
- counter,
- by-passed,
- run rings around,
- fly in face of,
- balk,
- bring down to earth,
- hit back,
- four flush,
- open one's eyes,
- get around,
- counterworking,
- circumvent,
- deliver up,
- give the run around,
- bilk,
- Counterwork,
- give the run-around,
- Scotching,
- hinders,
- shakes off,
- give run around,
- Disenthrall,
- by-passes,
- sell,
- throw a curve,
- play off,
- Responding,
- take down a peg,
- glitch up,
- jilt,
- mock,
- blight,
- ruin,
- mortify,
- brought down to earth,
- open eyes,
- fail,
- give the slip,
- glitched up,
- have bone to pick,
- upset the apple cart,
- out wit,
- run circles around,
- Vied,
- get one's comeuppance,
- bollixed,
- Parried,
- hang up,
- disenthralled,
- Bunked,
- mocking,
- Scotched,
- cramp style,
- leave flat,
- mar,
- queers,
- disciplined,
- displease,
- four-flushing,
- Jukes,
- Trashed,
- steering clear of,
- By-pass,
- upset one's apple cart,
- leave at the altar,
- queering,
- take wind out of,
- shuffle off,
- defeat,
- shake off,
- snafued,
- get comeuppance,
- Disciplining,
- be little,
- offsetting,
- queered,
- play false,
- spring back,
- throw monkey wrench in,
- spoil,
- stab in back,
- Snowed,
- sell down the river,
- take the wind out,
- Mocked,
- ensnared,
- burst the bubble,
- scotches,
- steer clear of,
- ward off,
- backlashing,
- thwart,
- give up,
- springing back,
- getting around,
- upset apple cart,
- four-flush,
- Bunking,
- dash,
- detouring,
- played off.
- contradiction,
- disappointed,
- mournfully,
- sadly,
- disaffect,
- grieve,
- wake up,
- abandon,
- cut up,
- disconsolately,
- let down easy,
- beguile,
- upset,
- guile,
- clip wings,
- parry,
- baulk,
- impede,
- let,
- dolefully,
- finish,
- undermined,
- sorrowfully,
- anticlimax,
- be unfaithful,
- downhearted,
- faze,
- Unblindfold,
- tantalise,
- want,
- dispiritedly,
- Disillusionize,
- crush,
- thankless,
- desperately,
- deception,
- expose,
- Disentrance,
- disappointingly,
- unappreciated,
- be insufficient,
- disappointment,
- embarrass,
- disabuse,
- unthankful,
- disheartened,
- undo,
- let in on,
- bring down,
- hamper,
- ignore,
- get down,
- wretchedly,
- break the spell,
- dash hopes,
- set straight,
- awaken,
- damage,
- unappreciative,
- draftsman,
- correct,
- be deficient,
- commit adultery,
- shake,
- neglect,
- get round,
- fury,
- daunt,
- terminate,
- countervail,
- artifice,
- stop,
- discouraged,
- negation,
- halt,
- defraud,
- desert,
- denial,
- cheat,
- impair,
- set right,
- depress,
- rage,
- stratagem,
- discouragement,
- be wanting,
- debunk,
- disillusioning,
- hoodwink,
- repulse,
- dissemble,
- unmindful,
- be inadequate,
- hamstring,
- bamboozle,
- be lacking,
- unhappily,
- trickery,
- show up,
- disenchanting,
- fight off,
- undeceive,
- harm,
- beat,
- despondency,
- unfortunately,
- stunt,
- miss,
- deceit,
- be disappointing,
- block,
- despondence,
- forlornly,
- affect,
- trouble,
- fall,
- wile,
- tell the truth,
- Deceiving,
- ungratifying,
- dash one's hope,
- disappointedly,
- hurt,
- put straight,
- nullify,
- forestall,
- ruse,
- counteract,
- dissatisfaction,
- gloomily,
- check,
- Desponded,
- insufficiently,
- trick,
- Uncharm,
- ungrateful,
- enlighten,
- desperation,
- dumbfound,
- distress,
- discomfit,
- fall short of,
- disenthral,
- Dumfound,
- checkmate,
- forsake,
- despair,
- not show,
- despairingly,
- offset,
- woefully,
- unsatisfactorily,
- despond,
- be mistaken,
- lower,
- play one false,
- afflict,
- exasperate,
- unspell,
- deprive,
- prevent,
- deject,
- stymie,
- fraud,
- dejectedly,
- affront,
- cross,
- hopelessly,
- deficiency,
- drawer,
- outwit,
- cripple,
- be wrong,
- take down,
- slight,
- ruin prospects,
- wanting,
- despondently,
- end,
- Desponding,
- pitifully,
- vex,
- pain.
How to use "Disappoint" in context?
When I think of the word "disappoint," I imagine feeling very let down. I imagine a scenario in which I am counting on something to happen and it doesn't happen the way I expected it to. Disappointment can be a very emotional experience, and it can be hard to get over.
There are a few key things that can help you manage disappointment more effectively. First, learn to appreciatte the things that go well in your life. Second, don't be afraid to trust your intuition. Third, find supportive friends or family members who can offer emotional support. Finally, don't be too hard on yourself.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
disappointed, disappoints.
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Verb, base form
disillusion.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
disappoints.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
frustrate.
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Verb, base form
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sticker shock
- Synonyms:
- appraise, bargain, beat down, bottom out, bounce back, cap, cheapen, Capping.
