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disappoint - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | disappoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sadden, dismay; frustrate |
| Synonyms: | abort, baffle, balk, bungle, chagrin, circumvent, dash, deceive, delude, disconcert, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch, let down, mislead, put out, tease, thwart, torment, vex, bring to naught, cast down, come to nothing, dash hopes, disenchant, disgruntle, fall down on, fall flat, fall short of, miscarry, not show, ruin prospects, stand up |
| Antonyms: | delight, excite, please, satisfy, make happy |
| Main Entry: | backfire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an opposite effect |
| Synonyms: | backlash, boomerang, bounce back, disappoint, fail, flop, rebound, recoil, ricochet, miscarry, spring back |
| Main Entry: | bilk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, circumvent, con, deceive, defraud, disappoint, do*, fleece*, flimflam*, foil, frustrate, gyp*, overreach, rook*, ruin, snow*, swindle, thwart, trick |
| Antonyms: | give, give away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck, glitch up |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off |
| Notes: | circumnavigate means to proceed completely around while circumvent means to avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing duties, questions, or issues |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, cross, dash, disappoint, foil, frustrate, hinder, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, counterwork, fly in the face of, have bone to pick, hit back, play off, ward off |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick, victimize, beat out of, buffalo, cross up, impose upon, lead on, play joke on, pull fast one, suck in, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle*, disappoint, discontent, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off*, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing*, cut to the quick, disgruntle |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, please, satisfy, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumvent, nip in the bud |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, checkmate, counter, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up*, frustrate, hinder, nullify, outwit, prevent, rattle, restrain, shake, shake off, skip, stop, stymie, thwart, bollix, buffalo, crab, get around*, give the run-around, give the slip, hang up*, juke, run circles around, run rings around, shuffle off, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, betray |
| Synonyms: | break off*, deceive, desert, disappoint, discard, ditch*, drop*, dump*, forsake, get rid of, leave, reject, throw over*, coquette, leave at the altar, leave flat |
| Antonyms: | keep, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mortify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, affront, annoy, belittle, chagrin, chasten, confound, control, crush, deflate, deny, disappoint, discipline, discomfit, disgrace, displease, get one's comeuppance, harass, humble, humiliate, put to shame, ridicule, shame, subdue, take down a peg, take the wind out, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | thwart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, hinder |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, circumvent, confuse, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, cross, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, ditch, dodge, double-cross*, duck, foil, foul up*, frustrate, give the slip, hold up, impede, louse up, match, obstruct, oppose, outwit, pit, play off, prevent, queer*, restrain, ruin, scotch, skin, snafu*, stymie, take down, take wind out of, trammel, upset, upset one's apple cart |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, forward, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disillusion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disenchant |
| Synonyms: | bring down to earth, burst the bubble, disabuse, disappoint, disenthrall, embitter, open one's eyes |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease |
| Synonyms: | anger, disappoint, disappoint, discontent, perturb |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder |
| Synonyms: | beat, block, check, circumvent, dash, defeat, disappoint, foil, frustrate, impede, obstruct, prevent, ruin, thwart, upset |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, encourage, help, relieve, support |
| Main Entry: | balk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bar, beat, check, circumvent, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, hinder, obstruct, prevent, ruin, stall, stop, throw a curve, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, make easier |
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, forsake |
| Synonyms: | abort, back out, blink, break one's word, desert, disappoint, discount, disregard, fault, forget, funk, go astray, ignore, let down, miscarry, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, slight, slip |
| Antonyms: | capture, complete, deliver, finish, obtain, procure |
| Main Entry: | sell/sell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray |
| Synonyms: | beguile, break faith, bunk, cross, deceive, delude, disappoint, double-cross*, fail, give away, mislead, stab in the back*, surrender, take in, violate, deliver up, four-flush, give up, play false, rat on, sell down the river |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discourage, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | abash, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, blast, blight, chagrin, chill, circumvent, cloud, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, dismay, foil, nip, ruin, spoil, thwart, dispirit |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, blank, block, bury, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out*, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nullify, outwit, overturn, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave*, shellac*, skunk*, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, thwart, undo, victimize, beat down*, beat the system, cast down, cause setback, counterplot, nose out*, put end to, take wind out of sails, throw for loop |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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