| Main Entry: | bitter pill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something unavoidable and unpleasant |
Synonyms: |
bad part, bitter cup, bummer, downer, downside, wormwood |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saddening situation; letdown |
Synonyms: |
bitter pill, blind alley, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas*, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, impasse, inefficacy, lemon, miscalculation, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, old one-two, setback, slip, washout |
Antonyms: |
boost, comfort, happiness, help, miracle, pleasure, relief, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | frustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment, thwarting |
Synonyms: |
annoyance, bitter pill, blocking, blow, bummer, chagrin, circumvention, contravention, curbing, defeat, disgruntlement, dissatisfaction, downer, drag*, failure, fizzle, foiling, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, nonfulfillment, nonsuccess, obstruction, old one-two, resentment, setback, unfulfillment, vexation |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, facilitation, help, support |
| Main Entry: | letdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
Synonyms: |
anticlimax, balk, bitter pill, blow, chagrin, comedown, disgruntlement, disillusionment, frustration, setback, washout |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | misery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, disaster |
Synonyms: |
adversity, affliction, anxiety, bitter pill, burden, calamity, catastrophe, curse, destitution, difficulty, grief, indigence, load, misfortune, need, ordeal, penury, poverty, privation, problem, sordidness, sorrow, squalor, trial, tribulation, want, woe |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, good fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
| Concept: | [Failure of expectation] Disappointment. |
| Category: | 2. To the Future |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
disappointment; blighted hope, balk; blow; slip 'twixt cup and lip; nonfulfillment of one's hopes; sad disappointment, bitter disappointment; trick of fortune; afterclap; false expectation, vain expectation; miscalculation; fool's paradise; much cry and little wool.
-verbs
be disapppointed; look blank, look blue; look aghast, stand aghast (wonder) [more]; find to one's cost; laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth; find one a false prophet., not realize one's hope, not realize one's expectation., disappoint; crush one's hope, dash one's hope, balk one's hope, disappoint one's hope, blight one's hope, falsify one's hope, defeat one's hope; balk, jilt, bilk; play one false, play a trick; dash the cup from the lips, tantalize; dumfounder.
-adjectives
disappointed; disconcerted, aghast; disgruntled; out of one's reckoning.
-phrases
the mountain brought forth a mouse; parturiunt montes; nascitur ridiculus mus [Horace]; diis aliter visum, the bubble burst; one's countenance falling.
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