disappointed

[DISAPPOINT, v.] *1. Unprepared, unready. "Cut off even in the blo oms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed , unaneled." Shakesp.: Hamlet, i. 5. 2. Frustrated, balked, deceived of their hopes, expectations, or desires. "He was an angry and disappointed man." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. xx. dis-ap-point-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DISAPPOINT.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Defeating, deceiving, or frustrating one's hopes, expectations, or desires. 2. Not coming up to one's expectations.