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disappoint (v.)
early 15c., "dispossess of appointed office," from Middle French desappointer (14c.) "undo the appointment, remove from office,"
from des- 1. "lack of, not"; 2. "do the opposite of"; 3. "apart, away" + appointer "appoint" late 14c., "to decide, resolve; to arrange the time of," from Anglo-French appointer, Old French apointier "make ready, arrange, settle, place" (12c.), from apointer "duly, fitly," from phrase à point "to the point." The ground sense is "to come to a point (about some matter)," therefore "agree, settle." Meaning "put (someone) in charge" is early 15c.
Modern sense of "to frustrate expectations" (late 15c.) is from secondary meaning of "fail to keep (as an appointment)." Related: Disappointed; disappointing.
Opposite words include :
encourage
help
allow
delight
make happy
permit
succeed
excite
disappoint (v.)
early 15c., "dispossess of appointed office," from Middle French desappointer (14c.) "undo the appointment, remove from office,"
from des- 1. "lack of, not"; 2. "do the opposite of"; 3. "apart, away" + appointer "appoint" late 14c., "to decide, resolve; to arrange the time of," from Anglo-French appointer, Old French apointier "make ready, arrange, settle, place" (12c.), from apointer "duly, fitly," from phrase à point "to the point." The ground sense is "to come to a point (about some matter)," therefore "agree, settle." Meaning "put (someone) in charge" is early 15c.
Modern sense of "to frustrate expectations" (late 15c.) is from secondary meaning of "fail to keep (as an appointment)." Related: Disappointed; disappointing.
Opposite words include :
encourage
help
allow
delight
make happy
permit
succeed
excite
