Disappoint ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt I Hate Disappointed Good Verb Decision

• her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
• i hate to disappoint you, but i'm just not interested.
• the movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected).
• i hate to disappoint the children when they've been looking forward to it so much.

disappoint

Verb Forms

1. to make somebody feel sad because something that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped
• Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
• I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested.
• The movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected).
• I hate to disappoint the children when they've been looking forward to it so much.
• His latest novel does not disappoint.
• It disappointed me that nobody bothered to say thank you.
2. to prevent something that somebody hopes for from becoming a reality
• The new government had soon disappointed the hopes of many of its supporters.
• If he agrees to the deal he will disappoint the expectations of many colleagues.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer.