- disappointing, dissatisfactory, unsatisfying - not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
Antonym: satisfactory (indirect, via unsatisfactory)
- disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
--1 is one way to thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun disappointment1, noun disappointment2
The performance is likely to disappoint Sue
The bad news will disappoint him