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

Need another word that means the same as “disappointment”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “disappointment” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disappointment” are: letdown, dashing hopes, sadness, regret, dismay, sorrow, failure, anticlimax

Disappointment as a Noun

Definitions of "Disappointment" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disappointment” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone.
• Sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfilment of one's hopes or expectations.
• A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized.
• A person or thing that causes disappointment.

Synonyms of "Disappointment" as a noun (8 Words)

anticlimax	A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one. A sense of anticlimax and incipient boredom.
dashing hopes	The act of moving with great haste.
dismay	Concern and distress caused by something unexpected. To his dismay she left him.
failure	The collapse of a business. Symptoms of heart failure.
letdown	A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized.
regret	A feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do. She expressed her regret at Virginia s death.
sadness	The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness. She tired of his perpetual sadness.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. A bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow.

Usage Examples of "Disappointment" as a noun

• I was a big disappointment to her.
• The job proved a disappointment.
• His hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment.
• To her disappointment, there was no chance to talk privately with Luke.

Associations of "Disappointment" (30 Words)

affliction	The state of being in pain. Poor people in great affliction.
angst	An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom. My hair causes me angst.
anguish	Cause emotional anguish or make miserable. Philip gave a cry of anguish.
bitterness	The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. The lime juice imparts a slight bitterness.
dejected	Affected or marked by low spirits. Is dejected but trying to look cheerful.
dejection	A state of melancholy depression. He was slumped in deep dejection.
despair	Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart. Don t despair help is on the way.
desperately	In intense despair. He looked around desperately.
despondency	Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless. An air of despondency.
disappoint	Fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of. I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit.
distraught	Very worried and upset. Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager.
distress	Bring into difficulties or distress especially financial hardship. A distress call.
distressed	(of property) offered for sale cheaply due to mortgage foreclosure or because it is part of an insolvent estate. Women in distressed circumstances.
frustration	An event or circumstance that causes one to feel frustrated. Her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration.
gloom	Partial or total darkness. His gloom deepened.
grief	Something that causes great unhappiness. She was overcome with grief.
grieve	Cause to feel sorrow. She grieved for her father.
heartache	Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death. The familiar pang of heartache.
humiliate	Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.
lamentable	(of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable. The industry is in a lamentable state.
loneliness	(of a place) the quality of being unfrequented and remote; isolation. The loneliness of the farm.
melancholy	Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. She felt a little melancholy.
miserable	Of very poor quality or condition. Their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable.
mourn	Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. Publishers mourned declining sales of hardback fiction.
nostalgia	Something done or presented in order to evoke feelings of nostalgia. An evening of TV nostalgia.
sad	Of things that make you feel sad Christina Rossetti. Feeling sad because his dog had died.
sadness	The state of being sad. A source of great sadness.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. He tried to express his sorrow at her loss.
sorry	In a poor or pitiful state. We feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business.
woe	Great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically. The Everton tale of woe continued.