DISAPPOINTING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISAPPOINTING?

Need another word that means the same as “disappointing”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “disappointing” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disappointing” are: dissatisfactory, unsatisfying, disheartening, dispiriting, discouraging, upsetting, dismaying, depressing, distressing, unsatisfactory, inadequate, insufficient, unworthy, substandard, not good enough

Disappointing as an Adjective

Definitions of "Disappointing" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disappointing” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations.
• Not up to expectations.

Synonyms of "Disappointing" as an adjective (15 Words)

depressing	Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection. The economic outlook is depressing.
discouraging	Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action. Where never is heard a discouraging word.
disheartening	Causing someone to lose determination or confidence; discouraging or dispiriting. Her death is particularly disheartening because it was preventable.
dismaying	Causing concern and distress. The list of complaints was dismaying.
dispiriting	Causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening. It was a dispiriting occasion.
dissatisfactory	Not up to expectations.
distressing	Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting. Some very distressing news.
inadequate	Of insufficient quantity to meet a need. Inadequate training.
insufficient	Not enough; inadequate. Insufficient funds.
not good enough	Exerting force or influence.
substandard	Below the usual or required standard. Substandard spellings.
unsatisfactory	Not satisfactory; not good enough. Her performance proved to be unsatisfactory.
unsatisfying	Not satisfying. An unsatisfying relationship.
unworthy	Having little merit. Such a suggestion is unworthy of the Honourable Gentleman.
upsetting	Causing an emotional disturbance. An upsetting experience.

Usage Examples of "Disappointing" as an adjective

• It was disappointing that there were relatively few possibilities.
• The team made a disappointing start.
• A disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising.

Associations of "Disappointing" (30 Words)

bitterly	With bitterness, in a resentful manner. Passengers complained bitterly about grand promises made by the company.
cry	Utter a sudden loud cry. A cry of rage.
deplore	Express strong disapproval of. We deplore all violence.
despair	A state in which all hope is lost or absent. She despaired of finding a good restaurant nearby.
desperation	A state in which all hope is lost or absent. Courage born of desperation.
despond	Become dejected and lose confidence. The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election.
despondent	In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. She grew more and more despondent.
dirge	A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, miserable, or boring. Singers chanted dirges.
disappoint	Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of. I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit.
doleful	Filled with or evoking sadness. The child s doleful expression.
elegiac	Verses in an elegiac metre. Haunting and elegiac poems.
elegy	(in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
expect	Consider obligatory request and expect. They were not expecting him to continue.
frustrated	Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something. Young people get frustrated with the system.
frustrating	Causing annoyance or upset because of an inability to change or achieve something. It can be very frustrating to find that the size you want isn t there.
heartsick	Full of sorrow. Too heartsick to fight back.
lamentation	The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Scenes of lamentation.
loss	The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. Loss making industries.
melancholy	A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy. She felt a little melancholy.
mourn	Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. Publishers mourned declining sales of hardback fiction.
mournful	Filled with or evoking sadness. Mournful news.
mourning	Black clothes worn as an expression of sorrow when someone dies. If he dies she ll put on mourning but she won t cry.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad. The show is tongue in cheek anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad.
sadness	The condition or quality of being sad. A source of great sadness.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. He drank to drown his sorrows.
sorrowful	Causing grief. Sorrowful widows.
threnody	A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. A brooding threnody to urban desolation.
unhappy	Not happy. The unhappy truth.
unsatisfactory	Not satisfactory; not good enough. Our discussion was very unsatisfactory.
wail	Utter a wail. The wind wailed and buffeted the timber structure.