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Adjective
▲
Failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations
depressing
discouraging
disheartening
dispiriting
disillusioning
dismaying
distressing
disenchanting
saddening
upsetting
dissatisfying
regrettable
sad
unfortunate
anticlimactic
disconcerting
frustrating
dismal
gloomy
daunting
demoralizingUS
cheerless
unfavourableUK
distressful
bleak
unfavorableUS
sombreUK
dejecting
melancholy
grim
more ❯
“It was really disappointing to find out that the pyramids were not built by ancient aliens as Giorgio had claimed.”
Adjective
▲
Not up to a satisfactory standard
inadequate
unsatisfactory
inferior
insufficient
lame
poor
underwhelming
deficient
mediocre
pathetic
pitiful
substandard
anticlimactic
sorry
duff
ropy
rubbish
unacceptable
unfulfilling
unsatisfying
unworthy
bathetic
disagreeable
displeasing
distasteful
failing
ineffective
uninteresting
disillusioning
second-rate
below par
falling short
not good enough
not much cop
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
more ❯
“The initial progress was good, but the final result was disappointing.”
Adjective
▲
Marked by a low amount or deficiency
poor
meagreUK
scanty
scant
paltry
limited
restricted
reduced
modest
insufficient
inadequate
sparse
spare
deficient
negligible
insubstantial
skimpy
short
little
lean
small
slight
slender
miserable
lamentable
light
meagerUS
pitiful
scarce
skimp
slim
sparing
puny
niggardly
beggarly
insignificant
lowly
measly
trivial
base
contemptible
diminutive
ordinary
stingy
subnormal
trifling
pathetic
piddling
exiguous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking in a required or necessary quality
wanting
deficient
inadequate
insufficient
lacking
defective
faulty
imperfect
inferior
poor
substandard
unsound
patchy
sketchy
incomplete
unacceptable
unsatisfying
flawed
impaired
pathetic
short
shy
absent
limited
low
missing
not good enough
restricted
scarce
second-rate
shabby
shoddy
unfinished
bodger
needing
not acceptable
not up to standard
unpolished
unrefined
away
bankrupt
bereft
cooked
deprived
destitute
devoid
empty
failing
gone
half-baked
less
needed
omitted
scant
scanty
unfulfilled
below par
burned out
cut off
in default
not up to par
out of gas
not much cop
not up to expectations
not up to scratch
too little too late
leaving much to be desired
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing annoyance or bother
plaguy
bothersome
annoying
irritating
irksome
upsetting
exasperating
aggravating
worrisome
disturbing
worrying
pesky
trying
galling
nagging
troublesome
provoking
nettlesome
burdensome
disagreeable
troublous
unpleasant
teasing
mean
ugly
wicked
afflicting
tormenting
infuriating
maddening
agonizingUS
agonisingUK
daunting
grave
prickly
nerve-racking
sticky
hairy
scary
anxious-making
boring
bedevillingUK
unpleasing
unnerving
unamusing
punchable
uncongenial
bedevilingUS
nerve-wracking
apprehensive
excruciating
racking
wrenching
torturing
raging
tormentous
plaguing
torturous
anguishing
punishing
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Failing to interest
underwhelming
bland
blasé
insipid
Verb
▲
Present participle for fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of
failing
dismaying
dissatisfying
chagrining
disheartening
disillusioning
letting down
saddening
disenchanting
disgruntling
upsetting
discouraging
dispiriting
cheating
dashing
depressing
disobliging
vexing
aborting
baulkingUK
balkingUS
bungling
circumventing
deceiving
deluding
disconcerting
dumbfounding
embittering
foundering
miscarrying
misleading
teasing
tormenting
bumming out
dashing the hopes of
falling short
casting down
dampening the spirits of
dashing hopes
falling flat
not showing
putting out
ruining prospects
shattering the illusions of
standing up
bringing to naught
coming to nothing
falling down on
falling short of
falling short of expectations
leaving in the lurch
pooling
selling out
pimping on
informing against
shopping
fingering
informing on
peaching on
playing false
ratting out
grassing on
squealing on
blowing the whistle on
dropping the dime on
dropping a dime on
telling on
deserting
backstabbing
crossing
turning traitor
splitting on
squeaking on
dobbing in
bluffing
dobbing on
giving up
turning informer
playing Judas
committing treason
putting the finger on
going back on
taking in
turning in
handing over
breaking promise
blowing the whistle
selling someone out
setting up
doublecrossing
attacking
spilling the beans on
exposing
telling tales on
finking on
singing about
snitching on
doing someone dirty
stinging
cozening
splitting
humbugging
scamming
beguiling
double dealing
illuding
four-flushing
selling
juggling
denouncing
jobbing
abandoning
delating
selling the pass
jilting
forsaking
grassing
grassing up
sneaking on
knifing
giving someone a Judas kiss
breaking with
breaking trust
walking out on
pointing the bone at
breaking faith
biting the hand that feeds one
turning state's evidence
delivering up
biting the hand that feeds you
more ❯
“Although I do not wish to disappoint you, we have been in a constant state of stalemate.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized
frustrating
foiling
thwarting
baffling
baulkingUK
defeating
dashing
hampering
hindering
obstructing
balkingUS
impeding
stymieing
interfering with
nipping in the bud
putting a damper on
putting the damper on
throwing cold water on
pouring cold water on
checking
preventing
ruining
circumventing
blocking
scotching
checkmating
discomfiting
scuppering
stopping
spoiling
interdicting
vetoing
disallowing
restricting
proscribing
outlawing
banning
excluding
staving off
ruling out
warding off
embargoing
shutting out
enjoining
killing
averting
avoiding
criminalizingUS
retarding
defending against
holding back
making illegal
forfending
giving the thumbs down to
placing an embargo on
criminalisingUK
bringing to a close
rejecting
evading
spiking
overruling
fending off
circumnavigating
skirting
sidestepping
disqualifying
limiting
steering clear of
boycotting
holding off
stonewalling
keeping lid on
estopping
blackballing
throwing out
ceasing
ruling against
denying
tabooing
refusing
warding
declaring illegal
interrupting
passing by
giving the red light to
resisting
finishing off
finishing something
withstanding
acting against
extinguishing
making an end of
clobbering
bringing an end to
hitting
attacking
damming
anticipating
corking
keeping off
turning aside
staving
cooling
intercepting
keeping at bay
making impossible
discontinuing
quitting
making it impossible for
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
blacking
negativing
banishing
dismissing
turning down
downing
illegalizing
officially forbidding
declaring ineligible
closing up
icing out
cursing
passing up
closing down
dissenting
declaring null and void
shooting down
throwing away
refusing permission to
discountenancing
censuring
putting down
passing
passing on
giving thumbs down
cutting
not going for
disapproving
declining
burning
voting down
getting out of
recanting
revoking
escaping
bypassing
censoring
withholding
depriving
freezing
shutting down
locking up
saying no
declaring taboo
putting the chill on
unrailing
crashing
unsettling
more ❯
“The good leader has to disappoint these expectations at a rate the people can stand.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover
jilting
ditching
abandoning
dropping
rejecting
betraying
deserting
forsaking
dumping
leaving
deceiving
discarding
chucking
coquetting
throwing over
casting aside
blowing off
breaking up with
finishing with
kissing good-bye
kissing off
walking out on
binning off
breaking off
breaking off with
breaking up
breaking with
leaving flat
running out on
splitting up
turning down
walking out
doing the dirty on
getting rid of
leaving high and dry
leaving in the lurch
giving someone the push
giving the elbow
giving the old heave-ho
leaving at the altar
giving someone the big E
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disturb the composure of
mortifying
embarrassing
discomfiting
humiliating
abashing
shaming
chagrining
crushing
annoying
deflating
humbling
abasing
affronting
confounding
confusing
disconcerting
discountenancing
displeasing
fazing
flustering
nonplussing
rattling
vexing
appalling
horrifying
belittling
degrading
demeaning
disgracing
harassing
ridiculing
worrying
putting down
taking down
getting one's comeuppance
putting someone to shame
putting to shame
making someone eat humble pie
taking down a peg
taking the wind out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defy or frustrate
mocking
cheating
deceiving
defeating
defying
foiling
fooling
misleading
belying
deluding
disobeying
duping
eluding
frustrating
rebelling against
thwarting
beguiling
betraying
challenging
double-crossing
juggling
letting down
selling out
conning
tricking
swindling
defrauding
stinging
bamboozling
doing
outfoxing
outmaneuveringUS
leading up the garden path
outmanoeuvringUK
chicaning
outsmarting
foxing
giving someone a bum steer
pulling the wool over somebody's eyes
illuding
catching out
jiving
taking someone in
pulling one's leg
leading astray
luring
trapping
goldbricking
disinforming
throwing off the scent
putting on the wrong track
roping in
befooling
imposing on
having someone on
doing a number on
leading one down the garden path
pulling the wool over one's eyes
todding
outthinking
outslicking
cajoling
wheedling
baffling
dusting
stumping
juking
fixing
stealing a march on
pulling something
jerking around
slipping something over on
playing a trick on
outplaying
misdirecting
play-acting
making a fool of
flamming
prevaricating
misstating
tripping up
pulling a fast one
misrepresenting
lying
throwing
fudging
bunking
enticing
perverting
fabricating
distorting
propagandizingUS
tempting
getting the better of
baiting
propagandisingUK
enmeshing
entangling
mousetrapping
making a sucker of
embezzling
double dealing
covering up
milking
pulling wool over
pulling someone's leg
playing for a fool
setting up
sandbagging
pilfering
hocus-pocusing
putting on an act
putting on false front
pulling wool over eyes
putting up smoke screen
giving wrong information to
giving the wrong impression
taking someone for a ride
playing trick on
taking
shucking
leading up garden path
sending on a wild goose chase
wrong steering
double-dealing
selling a bill of goods to
suckering into
doing out of
doing number on
taking to the cleaner's
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lower the morale of
dispiriting
disheartening
discouraging
depressing
dejecting
demoralisingUK
demoralizingUS
deterring
dismaying
dampening
daunting
unmanning
unnerving
casting down
chilling
chillin
cowing
crushing
damping
dashing
frustrating
saddening
sapping
shaking
subduing
throwing
undermining
disinclining
making dejected
making downhearted
bringing low
knocking sideways
knocking for six
throwing cold water on
giving someone the blues
pouring cold water on
knocking the stuffing out of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of
letting down
betraying
deserting
dropping
forsaking
letting fall
moving down
sinking
cheating
abandoning
depressing
disenchanting
disillusioning
dissatisfying
failing
falling short
leaving in lurch
leaving stranded
lowering
pulling down
taking down
neglecting
failing to support
jilting
falling short of expectation
bailing on
leaving in the lurch
letting someone down
leaving high and dry
stabbing in the back
leaving in trouble
leaving helpless
leaving someone in the lurch
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be less satisfactory than expected
falling short
failing
failing to meet
failing to reach
proving inadequate
failing to live up to
not coming up to scratch
not making the grade
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to fulfil one's potential
underachieving
drifting
dropping out
floundering
underperforming
punching below one's weight
failing
foundering
flopping
missing
collapsing
bombing
tanking
cratering
folding
flunking
screwing up
flaming out
washing out
striking out
falling short
not making the grade
not coming up to scratch
not passing
yielding
giving
crumpling
falling flat
buckling
falling
miscarrying
backfiring
fizzling
misfiring
slipping
flatlining
aborting
fluffing
blundering
going by the board
laying an egg
coming to naught
turning out badly
coming a cropper
going up in smoke
going belly-up
going pear-shaped
missing the mark
nose-diving
missing the boat
going downhill
caving in
falling flat on your face
going down
hitting rock bottom
meeting with disaster
lacking success
falling through
coming to nothing
going astray
going awry
suffering defeat
biting the dust
falling by the wayside
not succeeding
hitting the skids
breaking down
going down like a lead balloon
fizzling out
coming to grief
running aground
coming unstuck
busting
ploughingUK
plowingUS
doing badly
Verb
▲
Present participle for to free from illusion, false belief or enchantment
disillusioning
disabusing
disenchanting
undeceiving
enlightening
disenthralling
disheartening
dissatisfying
embittering
setting straight
letting down
shattering the illusions of
bursting the bubble
making sadder and wiser
opening one's eyes
opening the eyes of
throwing cold water on
pouring cold water on
bringing down to earth
breaking the spell
correcting
depriving
shattering somebody's illusions
persuading out of
telling
apprising
notifying
informing
putting in the picture
setting right
rectifying
ridding
debunking
exposing
freeing
liberating
waking up
freeing from error
revealing the truth to
Verb
▲
Present participle for fail
falling down
failing
falling flat
falling short
flopping
going astray
lacking success
not succeeding
running aground
going wrong
missing the mark
suffering defeat
coming a cropper
not making the grade
collapsing
foundering
aborting
miscarrying
misfiring
backfiring
cratering
folding
falling through
missing
tanking
flatlining
breaking down
flunking
sinking without trace
meeting with disaster
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to find a way around (an obstacle)
circumventing
bypassing
sidestepping
dodging
evading
outwitting
avoiding
skirting
beating
circumnavigating
deceiving
detouring
duping
foiling
misleading
overcoming
shortcutting
thwarting
tricking
beguiling
ducking
eluding
hoodwinking
outflanking
outgeneralling
outgeneraling
outmaneuveringUS
outmanoeuvringUK
bilking
cramping
crimping
ensnaring
entrapping
escaping
fooling
frustrating
getting around
getting past
getting round
overreaching
preventing
queering
ruining
shunning
stumping
stymieing
finding a way round
staving off
warding off
getting out of
steering clear of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to result in the opposite of an intended effect
backfiring
boomeranging
failing
rebounding
miscarrying
foundering
flopping
misfiring
backlashing
bombing
coming back
falling flat
falling through
going wrong
recoiling
ricocheting
ricochetting
going belly-up
redounding on
bouncing back
having an adverse effect
having unwelcome repercussions for
meeting with disaster
springing back
turning out badly
not going as planned
Verb
▲
Present participle for speak or act in opposition to
countering
answering
combatting
combating
contradicting
fighting
opposing
parrying
negating
attacking
counteracting
deflecting
disputing
rebuffing
rebutting
repelling
repulsing
resisting
tackling
warding off
battling
confronting
fending off
oppugning
responding to
retorting to
staving off
confuting
controverting
gainsaying
hitting back at
negativing
arguing against
backtalking
beating
bilking
bucking
circumventing
contending with
contravening
counterworking
crossing
dashing
defying
foiling
frustrating
hindering
holding at bay
matching
meeting
neutralisingUK
neutralizingUS
offsetting
pitting
refuting
responding
retaliating
returning
ruining
thwarting
vying
blowing sky high
standing up to
hitting back
playing off
shooting full of holes
taking on
putting up a fight against
having bone to pick
flying in the face of
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