disappointment

disappointment

disappointment (countable) and (uncountable) (plural disappointments)

1. (uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.

   Choking back his disappointment after his own teams splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: ""Ive got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side."" — Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd, 1992

2. (countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.

   As the disappointments crowded in — the economy, Rhodesia, strife within the trade-union movement — Wilson tried the expedient of a semi-formal inner Cabinet, or Parliamentary Committee, as he misleadingly liked to call it. — Cabinet, Hennessy, Peter, Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1990

	delusione
	L'emozione che si prova quando una forte aspettativa non viene soddisfatta.
	The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.

disappunto

disillusione

Altri significati:

(countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.

(uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.

circumstance

emotion

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