All disappointment synonyms

noun disappointment

• letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
• displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
• setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• discontent — not content; dissatisfied; discontented.
• regret — to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
• chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
• dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
• letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
• frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
• adversity — an unfortunate event or incident
• disenchantment — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
• drag — drag and drop
• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• lemon — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
• bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
• dud — a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
• mishap — an unfortunate accident.
• miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• mischance — a mishap or misfortune.
• impasse — a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
• calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
• fizzle — to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
• bust — a raid, search, or arrest by the police
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• inefficacy — lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect.
• discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
• downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
• washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
• disillusion — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
• disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
• mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
• bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
• drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.
• blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
• false alarm — a false report of a fire in progress to a fire department.