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disappointedness

disappointedness noun: the feeling or quality of being disappointed.

Noun

disappointedness (uncountable)

  1. The feeling or quality of being disappointed.
    • […] The pity came,
      When on her brow, that little trouble-dint,
      Or the mouth drooped in disappointedness.1885, W. G. Wills, Melchior, London: Macmillan, Part 9, p. 199
    • It was on this occasion that, suppressing his disappointedness, he asked her amicably […]1957, Muriel Spark, The Comforters, New York: Avon, Part 2, Chapter 8, p. 185
    Synonyms:
    disappointment

Synonyms of disappointedness

Origin of disappointedness

From disappointed + -ness.

Questions about disappointedness

What does disappointedness mean?
Disappointedness means the feeling or quality of being disappointed.
What part of speech is disappointedness?
Disappointedness is a noun.

Words near disappointedness in the dictionary

  1. disapplying
  2. disappoint
  3. disappointable
  4. disappointed
  5. disappointedly
  6. disappointedness
  7. disappointer
  8. disappointers
  9. disappointest
  10. disappointeth
  11. disappointing

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