失しつ望ぼう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

失望する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

A strong feeling of being let down when hopes or expectations are not met. Often used with する to mean 'to be disappointed'.

〈人ひと〉に失しつ望ぼうするto be disappointed in someone
彼かれの無む責せき任にんな態たい度どに失しつ望ぼうした。
I was disappointed by his irresponsible attitude.
〈事こと〉に失しつ望ぼうするto be disappointed by something (a result, decision, etc.)
試し験けんの結けっ果かに失しつ望ぼうした。
I was disappointed by the exam results.
失しつ望ぼうを隠かくせないto be unable to hide one's disappointment
監かん督とくは選せん手しゅのプレーに失しつ望ぼうを隠かくせなかった。
The coach couldn't hide his disappointment at the player's performance.
深ふかい失しつ望ぼうを感かんじるto feel deep disappointment
彼かの女じょは友ゆう人じんの裏うら切ぎりに深ふかい失しつ望ぼうを感かんじた。
She felt deep disappointment at her friend's betrayal.

がっかりN4
がっかり is a casual, everyday word for feeling let down, while 失望 is a stronger, more formal noun used in serious contexts.
落らく胆たんN1
落胆 emphasizes the discouragement or loss of spirit that follows unmet hopes, whereas 失望 focuses on the letdown itself.
絶ぜつ望ぼうN2
絶望 means a complete loss of hope, a much stronger feeling than the mere unmet expectation expressed by 失望.
幻げん滅めつ
失望 is general disappointment at an unmet expectation, while 幻滅 specifically implies the collapse of an idealized image or illusion.
失しつ意い
失望 is the common, everyday word for disappointment, while 失意 is more formal and literary and implies a deeper, more prolonged loss of hope.

満まん足ぞくN3
満足 means satisfaction or contentment, the opposite feeling to the letdown expressed by 失望.
期き待たいN3
期待 is the hopeful anticipation before an outcome, while 失望 is the disappointment felt when that hope is not met.

切せつ望ぼう
失望 (disappointment) and 切望 (earnest desire) share the kanji 望 and similar sound but have opposite emotional meanings.

Sino-Japanese compound of 失 (lose, miss) and 望 (hope, wish). The combination conveys the idea of losing hope or having one's expectations fail.