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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It is disappointing when heroes let you down. Times, Sunday Times (2007)We defended much better and managed to get back on terms before losing to a very disappointing goal. Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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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.
- American English: disappointing
- Arabic: مُخَيِّبُ للَأمَل
- Brazilian Portuguese: decepcionante
- Chinese: 令人失望的
- Croatian: razočaravajući
- Czech: neuspokojivý
- Danish: skuffende
- Dutch: teleurstellend
- European Spanish: decepcionante
- Finnish: huono pettymyksen tuottava
- French: décevant
- German: enttäuschend
- Greek: απογοητευτικός
- Italian: deludente
- Japanese: がっかりさせる
- Korean: 실망시키는
- Norwegian: skuffende
- Polish: rozczarowany
- European Portuguese: dececionante
- Romanian: dezamăgitor
- Russian: разочаровывающий
- Spanish: decepcionante
- Swedish: misslyckad
- Thai: น่าผิดหวัง
- Turkish: tatmin edici olmayan
- Ukrainian: невтішний
- Vietnamese: làm thất vọng
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