disappointment (n.)
- awakening
- ban
- blackball
- blow
- calamity
- chagrin
- complaint
- debunking
- defeat
- dejection
- depression
- disagreement
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disaster
- discontent
- discontentedness
- discontentment
- discouragement
- disenchantment
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgruntlement
- disillusion
- disillusionment
- displeasure
- disrespect
- dissatisfaction
- dissent
- distaste
- distress
- enlightenment
- envy
- exclusion
- failure
- fiasco
- fizzle
- frustration
- indignation
- mortification
- objection
- opposition
- ostracism
- peevishness
- petulance
- protest
- querulousness
- rebelliousness
- regret
- rejection
- resentment
- restiveness
- restlessness
- sourness
- sulkiness
- uneasiness
- unhappiness
Hope tells a flattering tale,
Delusive, vain, and hollow.
Ah! let not hope prevail,
Lest disappointment follow.
The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth: let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair.
