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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
rebuff
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???b?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Noun
rebuff (plural rebuffs)
- A sudden resistance or refusal.
- He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
- Repercussion, or beating back.
Translations
Verb
rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)
- To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? buff
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i??b?f/
Verb
rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)
- (transitive) To buff again.
Anagrams
- buffer
rebuff From the web:
- what rebuff means
- what rebuffed means
- rebuffed what does it mean
- rebuff what does that mean
- what does rebuke mean
- what does rebuffering stream mean
- what do rebuff mean
- what does rebuff someone mean
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