disappoint
verb
[ dɪsəˈpɔɪnt ]
• fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.
• "I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit"
Similar:
let down,
fail,
dash the hopes of,
dishearten,
dispirit,
discourage,
upset,
dismay,
depress,
sadden,
dampen the spirits of,
disenchant,
disillusion,
shatter the illusions of,
dissatisfy,
disgruntle,
chagrin,
fall short (of expectations),
bum out,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer .
