different between disappointment vs disaster
disappointment
English
Etymology
disappoint +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s??p??ntm?nt/
Noun
disappointment (countable and uncountable, plural disappointments)
- (uncountable) A feeling of sadness or frustration when a strongly held expectation is not met.
- 1992, Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd
- Choking back his disappointment after his own team's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: "I've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side."
- 1992, Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd
- (countable) A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met.
- 1990, Peter Hennessy, Cabinet, Basil Blackwell Ltd
- 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.
- 1990, Peter Hennessy, Cabinet, Basil Blackwell Ltd
- (uncountable) A feeling of sadness or frustration when a negative unexpected event occurs.
- (countable) That which causes feelings of disappointment.
Synonyms
- let-down
- setback
Related terms
- disappoint
Translations
disappointment From the web:
- what disappointment feels like
- what disappointment means
disaster
English
Alternative forms
- disastre (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /d??zæs.t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z??s.t?(?)/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /d??zæs.t?/
- Rhymes: -??st?(?), -æst?(?)
Noun
disaster (countable and uncountable, plural disasters)
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- 2003, The Devil Wears Prada
- A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.
- 2003, The Devil Wears Prada
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:disaster
Derived terms
- natural disaster
Translations
Anagrams
- TARDISes, Tardises, diasters, disastre, disrates, restiads, tardises
disaster From the web:
- what disasters happened in 2020
- what disaster happened at the battle of chancellorsville
- what disaster has happened in the town
- what disaster happened in 1920
- what disasters will happen in 2021
- what disaster happened in 1620
- what disaster happened in the midnight sky
- what disasters are caused by climate change
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