disappointment

IPA: dɪsʌpˈɔɪntmʌnt

(uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
(countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

Examples of "disappointment" in Sentences

I think the disappointment is the same if you lose in the
But her disappointment is always transparent and Don sees it.
The fact that the NCAA defeat was such a disappointment is a product of the Lobos 'season.
Another disappointment is the under-use of Michael Chiklis of “The Shield” and “Fantastic Four” fame.
DEAR COLD: In my mind, storming out when your girlfriend expresses her disappointment is an overreaction.
Elizabeth McCabe, 45 years old, of the Philadelphia suburb of North Wales, switched parties last year over what she described as disappointment with the Bush administration and to support then-Sen.
[Page 221] even with respect to the spiritual interests of beloved friends, where certainly acquiescence in disappointment is most difficult (perhaps in this world impossible) even in this case, there is great consolation in recollecting, that the Judge of all the earth will do right.
So it is not without significance that hours after the White House introduced its FY2011 budget proposal Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan -- Missouri's Secretary of State and a figure well liked within the progressive community -- put out a statement expressing what she called her disappointment with Obama's lack of fiscal discipline.