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disappointing - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: disappointing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsatisfactory
Synonyms: bitter, depressing, disagreeable, discouraging, distasteful, failing, inadequate, ineffective, inferior, insufficient, lame, mediocre, unhappy, uninteresting, unpleasant, disconcerting, disheartening, displeasing, falling short, frustrating, unfulfilling, unsatisfying
Antonyms: encouraging, pleasing, satisfactory
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: discouraging
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: upsetting
Synonyms: black, bleak, depressing, deterring, disadvantageous, disappointing, dismal, dreary, gloomy, inopportune, oppressive, unfavorable, unpropitious, dampening, daunting, depressive, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, dissuading, hindering, off-putting, repressing
Antonyms: auspicious, encouraging, favorable, inspiring, heartening, inspiriting
Main Entry: dissatisfactory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsatisfactory
Synonyms: bad, damaged, deficient, disappointing, distressing, inadequate, insufficient, lame, mediocre, offensive, poor, rotten, unacceptable, unsuitable, unworthy, useless, displeasing, junky, no good, not satisfying, not up to par, unsatisfying
Main Entry: regrettable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfortunate, wrong
Synonyms: calamitous, deplorable, dire, disappointing, distressing, dreadful, grievous, heartbreaking, ill-advised, lamentable, pitiful, sad, shameful, unfavorable, unhappy, woeful, afflictive, pitiable
Notes: a person is regretful; a situation may be regrettable
Antonyms: blessed, fortunate, happy, lucky, right
Main Entry: seamy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: corrupt, unwholesome
Synonyms: bad, dark, degraded, disagreeable, disappointing, disreputable, disturbing, low, nasty, rough, sordid, squalid, unpleasant
Antonyms: respectable, upright, wholesome
Main Entry: unsatisfactory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: insufficient, inadequate
Synonyms: amiss, bad, damaged, deficient, disappointing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, lame, mediocre, offensive, poor, regrettable, rotten, second, thin, unacceptable, undesirable, unsuitable, unwelcome, unworthy, weak, wrong, disconcerting, displeasing, for the birds, junky, no good, not good enough, not up to par, schlocky, upsetting, vexing
Antonyms: acceptable, adequate, satisfactory, sufficient, ok
Main Entry: vexatious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: distressing, bothersome
Synonyms: annoying, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, irksome, irritating, mean, pesky*, provoking, teasing, troublesome, trying, ugly, unpleasant, wicked, worrisome, worrying, afflicting, aggravating, exasperating, nagging, tormenting, troublous, upsetting
Antonyms: assisting, helpful, pleasing, soothing, aiding
Main Entry: wanting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lacking, inadequate
Synonyms: absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, cut off, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half-baked*, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, less, minus, missing, needed, omitted, patchy, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, substandard, unsound, burned out, cooked, deprived, in default, not good enough, not up to par, out of gas, scant, too little too late, unfulfilled
Antonyms: adequate, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient
Main Entry: woeful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: terrible, sad
Synonyms: afflicted, appalling, awful, bad, calamitous, cruel, deplorable, disappointing, disastrous, disconsolate, disgraceful, distressing, doleful, dreadful, feeble, gloomy, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsick, hopeless, inadequate, lamentable, lousy*, mean, miserable, mournful, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, poor, rotten, shocking, sorrowful, sorry, tragic, unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, agonized, anguished, catastrophic, grieving, pitiable, racked, tortured
Antonyms: glad, happy, joyful
Main Entry: off
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inferior; spoiled
Synonyms: bad, disappointing, poor, putrid, quiet, rancid, rotten, slack, sour, substandard, unsatisfactory, decomposed, disheartening, displeasing, low-quality, mortifying, not up to par, not up to snuff, turned, unrewarding
Antonyms: on
Main Entry: rotten
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: despicable, inferior, bad
Synonyms: amiss, base, below par*, bum*, contemptible, crummy*, defective, deplorable, dirty, disagreeable, disappointing, diseased, dissatisfactory, filthy, impaired, inadequate, injured, lousy*, mean, nasty, poor, punk*, regrettable, rough, scurrilous, shaky, sorry, sour, substandard, unacceptable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unsound, vile, wasted, wicked, withering, wrong, bruised, displeasing, low-grade
Antonyms: good, kind, nice, superior
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: 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: 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
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
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
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: 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
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