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as in displeased
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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Recent Examples of disappointed
William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Tourists approached, one by one, then spun around confused and disappointed.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Entrada Therapeutics’ next-generation drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy disappointed in an early trial, raising questions about the company’s competitiveness in an increasingly crowded field.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Adjective
Simple, shocking, darkly beautiful imagery and an extreme performance dramatize the psyche of a man deeply disappointed with his childhood, who seeks to recreate it by any means possible.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Tourists approached, one by one, then spun around confused and disappointed.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
Democrats who spoke with The Star, including two who were outside Union Station during the 2024 shooting, said they were disappointed by the charging decision but deferred to Johnson’s expertise.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Entrada Therapeutics’ next-generation drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy disappointed in an early trial, raising questions about the company’s competitiveness in an increasingly crowded field.
—Jason Mast, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointed
Adjective
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The final straw for a frustrated Overland Park City Council came after potentially shoddy construction work done without the proper permits left the roof at risk of collapse.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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But getting there required a lot of frustrated searching and yelling at old StackOverflow posts.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Brown, 28, would leave Philadelphia after being displeased with his production and the performance of the Eagles’ offense, which employed five different coordinators in as many years.—
Andrew Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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Dara Shikoh was designated as a successor to the Mughal throne by Shah Jahan, which displeased the ambitious Aurangzeb.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One decade into hosting the popular competition show, Probst became disillusioned by the audience's desire to revel in conflict.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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While the world’s attention remains fixed on the military hardware of Iran’s regional proxies, the Islamic Republic’s greatest threat to survival has proved to be not the United States, but its own disillusioned and starving people.—
Liram Koblentz-Stenzler,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Sean Strickland left everything in the octagon at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night, upsetting Khamzat Chimaev to be named UFC middleweight champion once again for his career.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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The Odyssey trailer that’s upsetting some purists?—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Los Angeles calls itself a sanctuary city, but that promise remains unfulfilled.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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The findings from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show a president who is struggling with unfulfilled promises to tame inflation and testing Americans’ patience with a conflict in the Middle East that has dragged on longer than expected.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The event intends to create a conservative alternative for viewers dissatisfied with the football league's direction.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson — and other right-wing influencers — in recent months who have become disenchanted with the president.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Dartmouth professor Jeff Friedman noted that younger voters grew up with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflicts that the public became disenchanted with.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One attempt to stop single-serve liquor bans failed in the Senate on Tuesday, but it could be revived in another bill.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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Having failed to please Greene with her abstractions, Lovelace O’Neal applied the powder directly to her white canvases, covering it in black pigment that became a background to pastel squiggles.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
13 May 2026
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“Disappointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointed. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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