disappointedness

English

Etymology

disappointed +‎ -ness

Noun

disappointedness (uncountable)

  1. The feeling or quality of being disappointed.
    Synonym: disappointment
    • 1885, W. G. Wills, Melchior‎, London: Macmillan, Part 9, p. 199:
      […] The pity came,
      When on her brow, that little trouble-dint,
      Or the mouth drooped in disappointedness.
    • 1957, Muriel Spark, The Comforters‎, New York: Avon, Part 2, Chapter 8, p. 185:
      It was on this occasion that, suppressing his disappointedness, he asked her amicably […]
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