disappointed
disappointingly unsuccessful
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,498 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,809 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- disappointingly unsuccessful also: defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitionstheir foiled attempt to capture Calais
disappointed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Whether this implied that he had been disappointed in his wife, nobody could tell.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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It has not disappointed me; though its evident decay would, perhaps, have that effect upon others.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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Unruffled and silent, she passed Mux and went into the other room, which disappointed Mux terribly.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Much disappointed, he started to go out again when he stubbed his toe on the same floor board.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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I gave it all the opportunities I could, but I was not disappointed when I found her only a dull, kind woman.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1