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disappointment - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: disappointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saddening situation; letdown
Synonyms: bitter pill, blind alley*, blow, blunder, bummer, bust*, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer*, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas*, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan*, impasse, lemon*, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, setback, slip, washout, bringdown, inefficacy, miscalculation, old one-two
Antonyms: boost, comfort, happiness, help, miracle, pleasure, relief, success, wonder
Main Entry: disappointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental upset; displeasure
Synonyms: adversity, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disillusion, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, letdown, mortification, regret, setback, adverse fate, bafflement, disenchantment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, lack of success, nonsuccess, the knocks, unfulfillment
Antonyms: delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction
Related Words
Main Entry: disappointment
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
aghast, anticlimatic, balked, crestfallen, disappointed, frustrated, out of one's reckoning
Concept Thesaurus
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-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 [more]; 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.
Main Entry: anticlimax
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ineffective conclusion
Synonyms: bathos, comedown, decline, descent, disappointment, drop, letdown, slump
Antonyms: climax
Main Entry: bad news
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trouble
Synonyms: bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble
Main Entry: bummer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad experience
Synonyms: disappointment, disaster, downer*, drag*, misfortune
Main Entry: comedown
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: letdown, blow
Synonyms: anticlimax, blow, collapse, comeuppance, crash, decline, defeat, descent, disappointment, discomfiture, dive, down, downfall, failure, fall, flop*, humiliation, reverse, ruin, setback, undoing, wreck, cropper, deflation, demotion, pratfall
Antonyms: ascent, boon, boost, fortune, promotion
Main Entry: discomfiture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: embarrassment, frustration
Synonyms: agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, uneasiness, upset, vexation, abashment, defeasance, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, unease, vanquishment
Antonyms: surrender, yielding
Main Entry: drop in the bucket
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: small amount
Synonyms: bit, disappointment, lick and a promise, pittance, small change*, small change, speck, trifle, band-aid, cosmetic measure, drop in the ocean, drop in the ocean, miniscule amount, not enough, small amount, small potatoes, small potatoes, small quantity, spit in the sea, too little too late, trivial amount
Main Entry: misfortune/mishap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad luck; disaster
Synonyms: accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad news*, blow*, burden, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, casuality, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, stroke of bad luck, tough luck
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck
Main Entry: regret
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: upset over past action
Synonyms: affliction, anguish, annoyance, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misgiving, nostalgia, pang, penitence, qualm, remorse, repentance, scruple, sorrow, uneasiness, woe, worry, apologies, lamentation, regretfulness, ruefulness, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-disgust, self-reproach
Notes: regret carries no explicit admission that one is responsible for an incident, while remorse implies a sense of guilty responsibility and a greater feeling of personal pain and anguish
Antonyms: happiness, satisfaction, contentedness
Main Entry: repulse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: snub; rejection
Synonyms: check, cold shoulder*, defeat, disappointment, failure, nix*, rebuff, refusal, reverse, thumbs down, brush-off, nothing doing, slap in the face, spurning, turndown
Antonyms: attraction, enchantment
Main Entry: surprise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something amazing; state of amazement
Synonyms: amazement, astonishment, attack, awe, bewilderment, consternation, curiosity, disappointment, disillusion, fortune, godsend*, incredulity, jolt*, kick*, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, portent, precipitation, prodigy, rarity, revelation, shock, start, stupefaction, unexpected, unforeseen, whammy*, wonder, wonderment, abruptness, astoundment, bombshell, curveball, epiphany, eureka, eye-opener, miscalculation, precipitance, precipitousness, suddenness, thunderbolt*
Antonyms: expectation
Main Entry: misfortune
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disaster
Synonyms: accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad luck, bad news, blow, burden, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, tough luck, unluck
Antonyms: piece of luck
Main Entry: washout
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: failure
Synonyms: bust, disappointment, disaster, fiasco, flop
Main Entry: bad experience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: unfortunate occurrence
Synonyms: annoyance, bad trip, bummer, disappointment, disaster, downer, drag, irritation, misfortune
Main Entry: sour grapes
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: affected scorn
Synonyms: disappointment, disparagement, resentment, bad-mouthing, derogation, ill-will
Main Entry: discouragement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: despondency
Synonyms: cold feet*, dejection, depression, despair, disappointment, discomfiture, dismay, melancholy, pessimism, sadness, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, low spirits, the blues
Antonyms: cheerfulness, happiness, hopefulness
Main Entry: distress
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pain, agony
Synonyms: ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, perplexity, unconsolability, worriment
Antonyms: comfort, happiness, health, pleasure
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