308 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ dˌɪsɐpˈɔ͡ɪntɪŋ], [ dˌɪsɐpˈɔ‍ɪntɪŋ], [ d_ˌɪ_s_ɐ_p_ˈɔɪ_n_t_ɪ_ŋ]

Similar words for disappointing:

• all (adjective)
• demoralizing (adjective)
• discouraging (adjective)
• dissatisfactory (adjective)
• off (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• regrettable (adjective)
• rotten (adjective)
• wanting (adjective)
• woeful (adjective)
• unsatisfactory (noun)
• disappointing (verb)
• displeasing (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "disappointing" in context?

Paraphrases for disappointing

Homophones for disappointing

Synonyms for Disappointing:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • unsatisfying,
  • disappointing.
  • demoralizing (adjective)
  • de moralizing,
  • un settling,
  • un-settling,
  • de-moralizing.
  • discouraging (adjective)
  • more disheartening,
  • in opportune,
  • more offputting,
  • more dissuading,
  • dis advantageous,
  • more dampening,
  • unpropitious,
  • most disheartening,
  • more dismaying,
  • more off-putting,
  • dis-maying,
  • un propitious,
  • dis-advantageous,
  • more repressing,
  • dis appointing,
  • more hindering,
  • re-pressing,
  • most dismaying,
  • most dissuading,
  • more depressive,
  • most off-putting,
  • de pressing,
  • most dampening,
  • offputting,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis-appointing,
  • more off putting,
  • off putting,
  • more daunting,
  • most repressing,
  • most hindering,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis-heartening,
  • in-opportune,
  • un-favorable,
  • most depressive,
  • un favorable,
  • un-propitious,
  • most daunting,
  • dis maying,
  • re pressing,
  • most offputting,
  • most off putting.
  • dissatisfactory (adjective)
  • lame,
  • not up to par,
  • junky,
  • not satisfying,
  • no good,
  • unsuitable,
  • insufficient.
  • off (adjective)
  • more unrewarding,
  • most decomposed,
  • not up snuff,
  • un-rewarding,
  • more mortifying,
  • de composed,
  • un rewarding,
  • sub-standard,
  • most turned,
  • not to snuff,
  • sub standard,
  • more decomposed,
  • more turned,
  • most unrewarding,
  • most mortifying,
  • not up to snuff,
  • de-composed,
  • lowquality,
  • not snuff.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • off-putting,
  • regrettable,
  • in default,
  • too little too late,
  • low quality,
  • demoralizing,
  • out of gas,
  • for the birds,
  • unrewarding,
  • woeful,
  • not good enough,
  • dissatisfactory,
  • off,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • rotten,
  • anguished,
  • depressive,
  • discouraging,
  • vexatious.
  • regrettable (adjective)
  • un happy,
  • un happier,
  • un-happy,
  • illadvised,
  • un happiest.
  • rotten (adjective)
  • punker,
  • un luckiest,
  • bummest,
  • dis-agreeable,
  • un sound,
  • dis-eased,
  • un luckier,
  • un pleasant,
  • un-sounder,
  • un fortunate,
  • un-luckier,
  • low grade,
  • lowgrade,
  • un-fortunate,
  • most bruised,
  • dis eased,
  • punkest,
  • un-lucky,
  • un-pleasant,
  • un-sound,
  • un-soundest,
  • dis agreeable,
  • more bruised,
  • un sounder,
  • un lucky.
  • wanting (adjective)
  • in complete,
  • more unfulfilled,
  • most away,
  • be-reft,
  • most unfulfilled,
  • in-complete,
  • more away,
  • co-oked,
  • un fulfilled,
  • be reft,
  • unfulfilled,
  • de void,
  • out gas,
  • more cooked,
  • de-void,
  • un-fulfilled,
  • most cooked,
  • co oked.
  • woeful (adjective)
  • more anguished,
  • most anguished,
  • heartsick,
  • more grieving,
  • most racked,
  • most grieving,
  • more agonized,
  • more tortured,
  • dis graceful,
  • Racked,
  • most agonized,
  • most tortured,
  • more racked,
  • dis-graceful.

• n.

  •
  • poor,
  • average.
  •
  • happy,
  • unlucky,
  • sorry.
  • unsatisfactory (noun)
  • short of expectations,
  • unlooked-for.

• v.

  • disappointing (verb)
  • disillusioning,
  • disconcerting,
  • thwarting,
  • dashing,
  • disheartening.
  • displeasing (verb)
  • jarring,
  • disturbing,
  • annoying,
  • provoking,
  • Angering,
  • Aggrieving,
  • shocking,
  • offending,
  • Riling,
  • Bothering,
  • grating,
  • Scandalizing,
  • displeasing,
  • disgusting,
  • irritating,
  • repelling.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • so-so,
  • unusable,
  • bearable,
  • substandard,
  • Overrated,
  • wanting,
  • mediocre,
  • unimpressive,
  • livable,
  • fallible,
  • unspectacular,
  • suboptimal,
  • undistinguished,
  • makeshift.
  •
  • questionable,
  • imperfect,
  • tolerable,
  • feeble,
  • indifferent.
  •
  • below,
  • inferior,
  • unfit,
  • iffy.
  •
  • crack-up.
  •
  • jar.
  •
  • fair.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • ineffective,
  • patchy,
  • plaguy,
  • lousy,
  • Deceiving,
  • shoddy,
  • unworthy,
  • unhappy,
  • tantalizing,
  • failing,
  • execrable,
  • miserable,
  • gloomy,
  • Deluding,
  • unfulfilling,
  • wretched,
  • incomplete,
  • frustrating,
  • scarce,
  • slow,
  • vexing,
  • impaired,
  • scanty,
  • seamy,
  • unexpected,
  • below par,
  • deficient,
  • flawed,
  • faulty,
  • unpleasant,
  • Dissatisfying,
  • let down,
  • below average,
  • deplorable,
  • awful,
  • unsound,
  • lacking,
  • baffling,
  • limited,
  • meagre,
  • anticlimax,
  • unsuited,
  • grotty,
  • crummy,
  • false,
  • saddening,
  • sorrowful,
  • too little,
  • worthless,
  • damaged,
  • skimpy,
  • glum,
  • defective,
  • pathetic,
  • ungratifying,
  • not enough,
  • slack,
  • Defeating,
  • second-rate,
  • falsifying,
  • broken,
  • unacceptable,
  • disagreeable,
  • disappoint,
  • sad,
  • beguiling,
  • Circumventing,
  • Defrauding,
  • weak,
  • inadequate,
  • pity,
  • betraying,
  • teasing,
  • uninteresting,
  • short,
  • foiling,
  • bad,
  • depressing,
  • Naff,
  • mocking,
  • bitter,
  • distasteful,
  • Blighting,
  • incommensurate,
  • Neglecting,
  • egregious,
  • shabby,
  • cheating,
  • falling short,
  • lowering,
  • disenchanting,
  • inappropriate,
  • quiet,
  • unfinished,
  • Bilking,
  • non-standard,
  • sparse,
  • balking.

How to use "Disappointing" in context?

Paraphrases for Disappointing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    dispiriting.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    alarming, annoying, appalling, bad, bleak, boring, desolate, devastating, disagreeable, disgraceful, dismaying, disquieting, dull, embarrassing, encouraging, failed, foiled, frustrated, grim, inadequate, insubstantial, lean, meagre, misleading, modest, pathetic, perplexing, pitiful, puzzling, reprehensible, satisfactory, scant, sobering, sorry, troubling, unhappy, unpleasant, upset, worrying, Aborted, Bummed.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    failing, letting, Deceiving.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    daunting, deplorable, depressing, disappointed, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, disillusioned, dismal, distressing, disturbing, frustrating, gloomy, lamentable, poor, regretful, regrettable, sad, unfortunate, unsatisfactory, unsuccessful.

Homophones for Disappointing:

• despondency, despondence.