What's the difference between disappoint and faithless?

Disappoint


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.
  • (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
  • (2) Even today, our experience of the zoo is so often interrupted by disappointment and confusion.
  • (3) No one expected us to win either of these byelections, but we can’t ignore how disappointing these results are,” he said, referring also to last week’s Richmond Park byelection.
  • (4) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
  • (5) Results of medical therapy of reflux oesophagitis are disappointing, especially compared to the success obtained in peptic ulcer disease.
  • (6) Drugs used to promote food intake and weight gain, such as cyproheptadine, amitriptyline, clonidine and opiate antagonists, have provided disappointing results.
  • (7) I am pleased with that but disappointed with the result.
  • (8) How often do we use the term depressed to mean disappointed, mildly bummed out or sort of blue?
  • (9) I did not speak to Diego at the final whistle, losing so late in the game was too big a disappointment, especially when Romelu Lukaku was surrounded by three or four defenders and still scored.” That was something Martínez could agree with.
  • (10) For a long time the results were disappointing, and in a randomized study none of the therapeutic regimens prescribed could improve the patients' survival.
  • (11) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
  • (12) Despite a glorious career, her Olympic history had been one of crushing disappointment.
  • (13) We are disappointed by the statement from Ecuador’s Foreign Minister that Ecuador has offered political asylum to Julian Assange.
  • (14) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
  • (15) While occult breast carcinoma was relatively common in our series (two of 17 patients), the ability to detect the tumor with mammography was disappointing (one of two patients).
  • (16) Diego Garcia guards its secrets even as the truth on CIA torture emerges Read more The long-awaited decision – expected to cause enormous disappointment – follows more than 40 years of campaigning, court cases and calls for the UK to right a wrong committed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government.
  • (17) They are also deeply disappointed in the lack of pressure exerted on Israel by the US.
  • (18) To improve the slightly disappointing voice rehabilitation results of the myotomized laryngectomees, a modified myotomy is proposed.
  • (19) An Artist of the Floating World won the Whitbread Book of the Year award and was nominated for the Booker prize for fiction; The Remains of the Day won the Booker; and When We Were Orphans, perceived by many reviewers as a disappointment, was nominated for both the Booker and the Whitbread.
  • (20) Jay is naturally disappointed, but is determined to get back playing for Southampton as soon as possible."

Faithless


Definition:

  • (a.) Not believing; not giving credit.
  • (a.) Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.
  • (a.) Not observant of promises or covenants.
  • (a.) Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
  • (a.) Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The march of the faithless has also continued with 14.1 million people, about a quarter of the entire population, saying they had no religion at all, a rise of 6.4 million over the decade.
  • (2) radiothom – "radiohead's "creep" single with my first ever b-side discovery 'faithless the wonder boy'" WiredofHermiston – The Best of the Stranglers: "The only actual albums I had were The Best of the Stranglers (Christmas present from brother who clearly just wanted it for himself) and, rather oddly, an early Elton John album, Honky Chateau I think."
  • (3) It would be a mistake to imagine that these failures represent faithless or incompetent civil servants.
  • (4) Why aren’t these faithless, pusillanimous people retaliating as they should, by surging towards Ukip with cries of revenge against all Muslims?
  • (5) Teen becomes seventh 'faithless elector' to protest Trump as president-elect Read more “It is not enough unless he is going to sell the businesses,” said Richard Painter, a chief ethics counsel to President George W Bush.
  • (6) Artists including Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Massive Attack and Faithless have refused to perform in Israel in response to calls for a cultural boycott.
  • (7) Tabanka is characterized by lassitude, anorexia, insomnia, feelings of worthlessness, anger, a loss of interest in work and other activities and, especially, by a preoccupation with the faithless one.
  • (8) As faithless Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction, wayward Nick Curran in Basic Instinct, or pinstriped Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, he managed to be at once virile and venal, authoritative and shifty, a strutting success story and a signpost to disaster.
  • (9) They've come to expect a certain faithlessness in their heads of state.
  • (10) May 5, 2014 Maxi Jazz of Faithless is a big noise in the Crystal Palace board room, according to Guardian football writer Dominic Fifield.
  • (11) The question is whether Plath was the doomed victim of a cruel and faithless husband, the view upheld by the feminists that have long dominated academe, or a suicidal Yank whose entire life - after her beloved father passed away when she was nine - was a dress rehearsal for death.
  • (12) Causal therapy consists in healing of this faithlessness and inability to trust.