disappointment

disappointment englannista suomeksi

1. pettymyksen aiheuttaminen

2. pettymys

0. Substantiivi

1. pettymys

disappointment englanniksi

1. The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.

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2. (RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara)

3. 1992, ''Today'', News Group Newspapers Ltd

Choking back his disappointment after his own team's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: "I've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side."

4. An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

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6. 1990, Peter Hennessy, ''Cabinet'', Basil Blackwell Ltd

As the disappointments crowded in — the economy, Rhodesia, strife within the trade-union movement — Wilson|Wilson tried the expedient of a semi-formal inner Cabinet, or Parliamentary Committee, as he misleadingly liked to call it.

7. Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.