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1 disappoint
[disə'point](to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of: London disappointed her after all she had heard about it.) sklamať- disappointing
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2 fail
[feil] 1. verb1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) zlyhať2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) zlyhať3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) nemať4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) nechať prepadnúť5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) sklamať•- failing2. preposition(if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) bez- failure- without fail* * *• zabudnút• vyschnút• vymriet• vycerpat sa• výpadok• vypovedat• zastavit sa• zle dopadnút• zanedbat• zhoršit sa• zmiznút• zoslabnút• zlyhanie• zlyhat• slabnút• skrachovat• strácat sily• stencit sa• ulavit• urobit úpadok• upadnút• prepadajúci• prepadnút• dostavit sa• chýbat• chátrat• porucha• malý úspech• mat nedostatok• neuspiet• nesplnit ocakávanie• nedokázat to• nemat• nemat úspech• neúspešný kandidát• nestacit• nedostavovat sa• nedostávat sa• nepodarit sa• nepríst• nedosiahnut• ochabnút -
3 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) zmariťII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) fólia2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) pravý opakIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) fleuret* * *• zabalit do fólie• zdôraznit kontrastom• zmazat• zneškodnit• zvítazit• zmarit• stopa• prekazit• fólia• fóliový• doplnok• alobal• alobalový• paralyzovat• podložka• ozdobit fóliou• ozdobit ornamentmi• polepit fóliou• pozadie• porážka• neuspiet• nemat úspech• odvrátit -
4 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) stiahnuť2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) sklamať3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) vypustiť4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) vypustiť* * *• spustit
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Disappoint — Dis ap*point , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[ e]sappointer; pref. des (L. dis ) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disappoint — I verb break one s promise to, cause discontent, dash one s expectation, deicere, discourage, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, disillusionize, displease, dissatisfy, fail, frustrari, hinder, let down, make dissatisfied, ruin one s … Law dictionary
disappoint — early 15c., dispossess of appointed office, from M.Fr. desappointer (14c.) undo the appointment, remove from office, from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + appointer appoint (see APPOINT (Cf. appoint)). Modern sense of to frustrate expectations (late… … Etymology dictionary
disappoint — [v] sadden, dismay; frustrate abort, baffle, balk, bring to naught, bungle, cast down, chagrin, circumvent, come to nothing, dash, dash hopes*, deceive, delude, disconcert, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound,… … New thesaurus
disappoint — ► VERB 1) fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of. 2) prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized. DERIVATIVES disappointing adjective disappointment noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «deprive of a position»; from Old French… … English terms dictionary
disappoint — [dis΄ə point′] vt. [ME disapointen < OFr desapointer: see DIS & APPOINT] 1. to fail to satisfy the hopes or expectations of; leave unsatisfied 2. to undo or frustrate (a plan, intention, etc.); balk; thwart disappointingly adv … English World dictionary
disappoint */*/ — UK [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms disappoint : present tense I/you/we/they disappoint he/she/it disappoints present participle disappointing past tense disappointed past participle disappointed to make someone feel… … English dictionary
disappoint — dis|ap|point [ˌdısəˈpɔınt] v [I and T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: desapointier, from apointier to arrange ] 1.) to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for did not happen or was not as good as they expected ▪ I… … Dictionary of contemporary English
disappoint — dis|ap|point [ ,dısə pɔınt ] verb intransitive or transitive ** to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for or expected did not happen or because someone or something was not as good as they expected: I hate to disappoint you,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
disappoint — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel sad because something they hoped for or expected did not happen: I m sorry to disappoint you, but I can t come after all. | You disappoint me, Eric. I expected better. 2 disappoint sb s hopes/expectations to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disappoint — [15] Disappoint (a borrowing from French désappointer) originally meant ‘remove from a post or office, sack’ – that is, literally, ‘deprive of an appointment’; ‘A monarch … hath power … to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers’, Thomas… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
