DISAPPOINTS Synonyms

• move something or somebody to a lower position

• fail to meet the hopes or expectations of

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• lower (prices or markets)

• cause to drop or sink

• press down

• lessen the activity or force of

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

• take away the enthusiasm of

• freeing from false belief or illusions

• free from enchantment

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

• make unhappy

• come to feel sad

• a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of