disappointer
One who deflates
A disappointer is someone or something that fails to meet expectations.
The word is uncommon—disappointment and disappointing handle most of this territory—but it appears when naming the source of letdown directly: The sequel was the summer's biggest disappointer.
He's a serial disappointer when it comes to keeping promises.
Failure to satisfy expectations
- underwhelmingFailing to meet expectations
- anticlimacticDisappointingly weak after buildup
- fizzleFail after promising start
- dudFailed device or effort
washout · non-event · bust · flop · deflating · unsatisfying · dampener · petering
Distressed loss of courage
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- deflateRelease air from
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
disillusion · dissatisfy · frustrate · dispirit · sadden · deject · chagrin · discontent
letdown
Failure to satisfy expectations
- underwhelmingFailing to meet expectations
- anticlimacticDisappointingly weak after buildup
- fizzleFail after promising start
dud · washout · non-event · bust · flop · deflating · unsatisfying · dampener · petering · disillusionment
dismay
Distressed loss of courage
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- deflateRelease air from
demoralize · disillusion · dissatisfy · frustrate · dispirit · sadden · deject · chagrin · discontent · displease
fiasco
Humiliating public failure
botch · misfire · flop · wreck · catastrophe · bust · ruin · trainwreck · bomb · turkey
disappointerdeliverer
One who brings goods
overachiever · satisfier · pleaser · crowd-pleaser · revelation
disappoint, disappointed, disappointment, disappointing, disappoints, disappointingly, disappointedly