disappoint
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
Types & categories
- thwart hypernym
- fail hyponym
- fall short hyponym
- disillusion hyponym
Related & opposite
- dashing hopes derivation
- disappointment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dashing hopes |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disappointment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thwart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall short |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disillusion |