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Found in thesaurus: dissatisfaction
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n.
disappointment, discouragement, feeling of depression; decrease, reduction
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This Providence
This Providence was a four-piece alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band consisted of Dan Young (lead vocals/guitar), David Blaise (bass), Gavin Phillips (lead guitar), and Andy Horst (drums).
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Noun
1. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
(synonym) disappointment
(hypernym) dissatisfaction
(hyponym) frustration, defeat
(derivation) disappoint, let down
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Synonyms and related words:
abasement, abatement, allayment, alleviation, arrest, assuagement, bafflement, balk, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, blunting, buffet, calming, check, comedown, cruel disappointment, damping, dash, dashed hope, deadening, debasement, deceleration, defeat, deflation, delay, demulsion, descent, detention, diminution, disappointment, discomfiture, disgrace, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, drag, dulcification, dulling, dump, ease-off, ease-up, easing, embarrassment, failure, fallen countenance, falling-off, fiasco, fizzle, flagging, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, hangdog look, holdup, hope deferred, humbled pride, humiliation, hushing, lag, leniency, lessening, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, minus acceleration, mirage, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mortification, obstruction, pacification, palliation, put-down, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, remission, retardation, retardment, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setback, setdown, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, softening, soothing, sore disappointment, subduement, tantalization, tease, tempering, tranquilization
abasement, abatement, allayment, alleviation, arrest, assuagement, bafflement, balk, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, blunting, buffet, calming, check, comedown, cruel disappointment, damping, dash, dashed hope, deadening, debasement, deceleration, defeat, deflation, delay, demulsion, descent, detention, diminution, disappointment, discomfiture, disgrace, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, drag, dulcification, dulling, dump, ease-off, ease-up, easing, embarrassment, failure, fallen countenance, falling-off, fiasco, fizzle, flagging, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, hangdog look, holdup, hope deferred, humbled pride, humiliation, hushing, lag, leniency, lessening, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, minus acceleration, mirage, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mortification, obstruction, pacification, palliation, put-down, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, remission, retardation, retardment, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setback, setdown, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, softening, soothing, sore disappointment, subduement, tantalization, tease, tempering, tranquilization
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