disappoint

About 0.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.

   His lack of respect disappointed her.

2. verb To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
3. verb To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
4. verb To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
5. verb To prevent (something planned or attempted).
6. verb To dispossess (someone) of an office. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
7. verb 1 2 “disapointen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
8. verb 1 2 “disappoint, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Similar words

let down fail thwarted frustrated frustrate surprise frustration nullify bother abandon

Often followed by

the you him them me her us his their

Word family

disappointed disappointing disappoints