An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
In poststructuralism, a transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.