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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Faustianism, awakening, ban, blackball, blackballing, blighted hope, blow, calamity, chagrin, cold comfort, complaint, dashed hopes, debunking, defeat, dejection, depression, dim view, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disaster, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, discouragement, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment, displeasure, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissatisfiedness, dissent, distaste, distress, divine discontent, enlightenment, envy, exclusion, failure, fiasco, fizzle, frustration, hope deferred, ill humor, indignation, low estimation, low opinion, mortification, objection, opposition, opposure, ostracism, peevishness, petulance, protest, querulousness, rebelliousness, regret, rejection, resentment, restiveness, restlessness, return to reality, rude awakening, sourness, sulkiness, thumbs-down, undeception, uneasiness, unfulfillment, unhappiness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, unspelling, vexation of spirit

Dictionary Results for disappointment:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

disappointment
    n 1: a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your
         expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he
         was doomed to disappointment" [syn: disappointment,
         letdown]
    2: an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn:
       disappointment, dashing hopes]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disappointment \Dis`ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F.
   d['e]sappointement.]
   1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being
      disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope;
      miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
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            If we hope for things of which we have not
            thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment
            will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of
            them.                                 --Addison.
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            In disappointment thou canst bless.   --Keble.
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   2. That which disappoints.

   Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk.
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