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disappoint

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"Let down"

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10 lettersPronunciation /dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/Part of speech verbSorted adiinoppstStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (DISAPPOINT).

Definitions

  1. Fail to meet hopes or expectations.

Word origin

From Middle French desapointer (compare French désappointer). The word originally meant to "dispossess of appointed office", and eventually broadened to mean "to frustrate the expectations or desires of" and "defeat the realization or fulfillment of".

Used in a sentence

  • His lack of respect disappointed her.
  • I was disappointed by last year’s revenue.
  • Here are officers enough at Meryton to disappoint all the young ladies in the country.

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