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Disappointed vs Discouragement - What's the difference?

disappointed | discouragement |

As an adjective disappointed

is defeated of expectation or hope; let down.

As a verb disappointed

is (disappoint).

As a noun discouragement is

the act of discouraging.

disappointed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed . I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

    Synonyms

    * discomfited * foiled * frustrated * thwarted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disappoint)

    • discouragement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of discouraging
  • anything that discourages