Definition of 'disappointing'
adjective
Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be.
The wine was excellent, but the food was disappointing.
The recession is largely blamed for the disappointing response to the appeal.
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disappointingly (ˌdisapˈpointingly) adverb
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Translations for 'disappointing'
British English: disappointing /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
ADJECTIVE
Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be.The meal was disappointing.
Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be.The meal was disappointing.
- Arabic: مُخَيِّبُ للَأمَل
- Brazilian Portuguese: decepcionante
- Chinese: 令人失望的
- Croatian: razočaravajući razočaravajuća
- Czech: neuspokojivý
- Danish: skuffende
- Dutch: teleurstellend
- European Spanish: decepcionante
- Finnish: huono pettymyksen tuottava
- French: décevant
- German: enttäuschend
- Greek: απογοητευτικός απογοητευτική
- Italian: deludente
- Japanese: がっかりさせる
- Korean: 실망시키는
- Norwegian: skuffende
- Polish: rozczarowany rozczarowana
- Portuguese: dececionante
- Romanian: dezamăgitor dezamăgitor, dezamăgitoare, dezamăgitori, dezamăgitoare
- Russian: разочаровывающий разочаровывающая
- Spanish: decepcionante
- Swedish: misslyckad misslyckat
- Thai: น่าผิดหวัง
- Turkish: tatmin edici olmayan
- Ukrainian: невтішний
- Vietnamese: làm thất vọng
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