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- grammar - Is it disappointed with, in, or by? - English Language . . .
The difference between "in", "by", and "with" in this context actually depends on the nature or type of disappointment you feel: "Disappointed with" implies that the cause of the disappointment was something basic about the nature or attributes of the thing: I was disappointed with my new toaster It really didn't toast the bread as well as I hoped The "with" form is usually used with
- prepositions - Disappointment at or disappointment in - English . . .
Both "disappointed in" and "disappointed at" are idiomatic in American English In general in American English, people tend to use "disappointed in" with reference to a specific person or group of people
- word usage - lt;Hopeless gt;, lt;Discouraged gt; and lt;Disappointed gt; - English . . .
Both Don't be discouraged and Don't be disappointed are perfectly natural things to say, and in many contexts they'll effectively mean the same thing - speaker is advising someone to look on the bright side (to find good things in a bad situation) As OP has discovered, the dictionary definitions are somewhat different, but they're obviously closely related A "defeatist" reaction to finding
- We are disappointed of someone disappointed from someone . . .
Of the list you provide, "in" is the most idiomatic, but there's also "disappointed by ", "disappointed with ", and "disappointed at " a person or persons You can, apparently, be "disappointed of " some expected result, which can include the actions of some person However, to me this sounds formal and somewhat archaic, and I would never use use it As far as I know, "disappointed from " is
- Usage of I am agreeably disappointed in - English Language Learners . . .
But disappointed could refer to an experience that simply ran counter to expectation, and there need not be any tinge of dejection about it, certainly if what was expected was not hoped for I think the lawyer is playing with the word as he is aware of the colloquial and non-collloquial usages
- prepositions - disappointed in at the fact that - English Language . . .
I'd like to know which preposition to use in the following: We were disappointed in at the fact that no one is interested in our products
- [They] went away disappointed disappointedly – Does went away . . .
1 "Disappointed" is an adjective, and would describe their mood as they went away Their mood and their departure would be unconnected, and their disappointment may well carry on after they finish their journey away "Disappointedly" is an adverb, so it describes the manner of the other verb - in this case, the way in which they 'went away'
- verbs - What is the difference between seemed disappointed and . . .
Closed 8 years ago Do they both mean the same thing with former having 'disappointed' as a noun while the latter, as a verb Or the latter may refer seeing a person becoming disappointed and the former, a person already in a disappointed state There's another statement: He seemed to becoming disappointed But I believe this's incorrect
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