disappointed vs privative

disappointed

adj
  • Expressing or indicating disappointment. 

  • Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. 

  • Having had a marriage proposal rejected. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

How often have the words disappointed and privative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )