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Disappointed vs Regrettable - What's the difference?

disappointed | regrettable |

As adjectives the difference between disappointed and regrettable

is that disappointed is defeated of expectation or hope; let down while regrettable is of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret.

As a verb disappointed

is (disappoint).

disappointed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
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    Synonyms

    * discomfited * foiled * frustrated * thwarted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disappoint)
  • regrettable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of an event, action, or state, allowing or deserving regret.
  • His painting his name of my car was more than regrettable , it was criminal.
    It was regrettable that the teacher made the class retake the test when he was wrong about the answers.

    See also

    * pitiful