Disappointed

The Webster's Nonth New Collegiate Dictionary gives the following definitions:


DISAPPOINT: to fail to meet the expectation or hope of; frustrate

DISAPPOINTED: defeated in expectation or hope; thwarted


The Webster's New World Thesaurus gives the following synonyms:


DISAPPOINT: fail, delude, deceive, dissatisfy, disgruntle, disillusion, tantalize, embitter, ruin one's prospects, dash one's hopes, mislead, stand up, etc.


Why, when I'm filled with such hope, do I have to experience DISAPPOINTMENT?!?


Because the good doctor didn't call. . .



[As a quick sidenote, and hopefully leading to a better post tomorrow, I'm trying not to be too angry or embittered, but to give him a chance to explain. Maybe he did have a good reason not to call. . . ]