disappoynt

Verb

disappoint (third-person singular simple present disappoints, present participle disappointing, simple past and past participle disappointed)

1. (transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
   • His lack of respect disappointed her.
2. (transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
   • They that haue money in their purse, are afrayde and in doubte, yea and are continuallye martyred with feare, leaste GOD should disappoint them of their pray, and abate their portion.1574, Arthur Golding, transl., Sermons of Master John Calvin, upon the Booke of Job, London: Lucas Harison and George Byshop, Sermon 32, p. 163
3. (dated, transitive) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
   • It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for eminent attainments or superior abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in celebrity and honour.1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 127, 4 June, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 240-241
4. (dated, transitive) To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
   • I am sure you will not disappoint my opinion of you, by failing at any time to treat your aunt Norris with the respect and attention that are due to her.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 6
5. (obsolete, transitive) To prevent (something planned or attempted).
   • He [God] disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 5:12

   Synonyms:

   frustrate, thwart