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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions disappointment noun (countable) and (uncountable) (plural disappointments) (uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met. Choking back his disappointment after his own team's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: "I've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side." — Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd, 1992 (countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met. As the disappointments crowded in — the economy, Rhodesia, strife within the trade-union movement — w:Harold Wilson, Wilson tried the expedient of a semi-formal inner Cabinet, or Parliamentary Committee, as he misleadingly liked to call it. — Cabinet, Hennessy, Peter, Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1990 Translations:  French: déception German: Enttí¤uschung Spanish: decepción        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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