English → Latin
“disappointing” in Latin
frūstrorto disappoint, frustrate, defraud, cheat, deceive with false hopes; to escape, elude; to baffle, evadeet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disappointing
spem fallens, frustratus, etc. To feel or think anything disappointing, molestiam trahere or capere ex re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disappointing?
- The usual Latin words for “disappointing” are frūstror, et cētera. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.