disappointing
adjective
[ dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ ]
• failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations.
• "the team made a disappointing start"
Similar:
saddening,
disheartening,
dispiriting,
discouraging,
upsetting,
dismaying,
depressing,
distressing,
disenchanting,
disillusioning,
dissatisfying,
regrettable,
unfortunate,
unsatisfactory,
inadequate,
insufficient,
unworthy,
substandard,
not good enough,
poor,
inferior,
deficient,
second-rate,
pathetic,
lame,
pitiful,
anticlimactic,
below par,
not up to scratch,
not up to snuff,
sorry,
not all it's cracked up to be,
underwhelming,
duff,
ropy,
rubbish,
disappoint
verb
• 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 .
