| Main Entry: | false alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | needless alarm or worry |
Synonyms: |
cry of wolf, dud, non-starter |
| 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: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | [Failure of expectation] Disappointment. |
| Category: | 2. To the Future |
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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; 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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