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Meanings of disappoint in English

Portuguese
decepcionar
Catalan
defraudar

Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.

decepcionar
Usage of disappoint in English
1
Twitter, a great but overvalued company, is likely to ultimately disappoint investors.
Reuters
2
Still, some fast-growing companies disappoint when they do finally reach public markets.
Reuters
3
You might also avoid taking measures that could upset or disappoint others.
Ebony
4
However, sales of the iPad continued to disappoint, falling by 18 percent.
Radio NZ
5
Here are three indoor winter date ideas that will not disappoint: 1.
Ebony
6
Any programme that limits the size of bond-buying will disappoint the markets.
Reuters
7
The decision to appoint an overseas company will disappoint Irish auction houses.
The Irish Times
8
Other wealthy friends have expressed their disappoint in the move, he said.
Radio NZ
9
This is the city which features MI6's headquarters and it won't disappoint.
The South African
10
Without your approval she won't agree, and that would greatly disappoint me.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
11
I'm very sorry but once again we will disappoint them, Tsipras said.
Reuters
12
And I have betaken myself to thee; so do not disappoint me.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
13
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I had to talk to Luke.
Eight Days of Luke
14
But by that time they'd really proven themselves as they don't disappoint.
Wired
15
I thought America couldn't possibly disappoint me more than it already had.
Ebony
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She'd come on this trip because she hadn't wanted to disappoint Ben.
Marrying the playboy doctor
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