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- grammar - Is it disappointed with, in, or by? - English Language . . .
Disappointed with (object) - an object of neutral gender E g: I am disappointed with your service Disappointed over - an incidence Disappointed in with - very similar but slightly different connotation 'In' is more personal and conveys reflection on the individual 'With' is more used for disappointment over an isolated incidence
- prepositions - disappointed in at the fact that - English Language . . .
Disappointed is tricky: it can occur with any of several prepositions before the source of disappointment Roughly: disappointed in someone: This suggests someone did something wrong or let you down disappointed at: To me this suggests a hint of surprise (like surprised at) disappointed with by: Fairly generic ways of saying something
- We are disappointed of someone disappointed from someone . . .
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 not an idiomatic complement, although it may appear in an adjacent adverbial phrase:
- prepositions - Disappointment at or disappointment in - English . . .
In general in American English, people tend to use "disappointed in" with reference to a specific person or group of people I am disappointed in his failure to get the job done on time Whereas, again in American English, people tend to use "disappointed at" with reference to a situation I was disappointed at not being able to join you
- word usage - [They] went away disappointed disappointedly – Does . . .
Here disappointedly means in a disappointed manner tone of voice and this use is much more natural This is only an intuition I have, but it seems that walk away is being used in a "linking-verb way", like the verb sound for example They walked away disappointed They sounded disappointed Here is a very good way to use disappointedly:
- word usage - lt;Hopeless gt;, lt;Discouraged gt; and lt;Disappointed gt; - English . . .
In English there can be a clear distinction between being disappointed (something didn't work, so you might try a different approach) and being discouraged (something didn't work, so you just gave up) But in practice, Don't be disappointed discouraged sad downhearted etc are all often just equivalent to Be cheerful positive
- 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
- verbs - What is the difference between seemed disappointed and . . .
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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