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disappoint(dictionary)

disappoint (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: desapointier, from apointier 'to arrange']
to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for did not happen or was not as good as they expected
::I hated to disappoint her.
::Great things were expected of this band, and they didn't disappoint.
disappoint sb's hopes/expectations/plans
to prevent something from happening that someone hoped for or expected
::The Berlin settlement of 1878 disappointed Russian hopes in the Balkans.