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  • 1Great Disappointment — This article is about religious history. For the AFI song of the same name, see The Great Disappointment (song). Part of a series on Adventism …

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  • 2Great Disappointment —    The Great Disappointment refers to the letdown felt by the followers of William Miller s Adven tism when Christ did not return as predicted in 1844. Miller, a Baptist preacher from New York, had suggested, based on his study of the Bible, that …

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  • 3Great Disappointment — October 22, 1844, when thousands of Christians expected the second coming of Jesus Christ …

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  • 4Disappointment (disambiguation) — Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest. Disappointment may also refer to: Camp Disappointment, the northernmost campsite of the Lewis and Clark expedition Disappointment Island, one… …

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  • 5disappointment — noun 1 sadness because sth has not happened, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, considerable, deep, extreme, great, immense, intense, profound, sharp ▪ …

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  • 6disappointment — n. 1) to express; feel disappointment 2) (a) bitter, deep, great, keen, profound disappointment 3) disappointment about, at, over (she felt deep disappointment at not getting the job) 4) disappointment that + clause (he expressed keen… …

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  • 7disappointment — dis|ap|point|ment [ˌdısəˈpɔıntmənt] n 1.) [U] a feeling of unhappiness because something is not as good as you expected, or has not happened in the way you hoped ▪ He could see the disappointment in her eyes. to sb s (great) disappointment ▪ To… …

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  • 8disappointment */*/ — UK [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt] / US noun Word forms disappointment : singular disappointment plural disappointments 1) [uncountable] the feeling of being unhappy because something that you hoped for or expected did not happen or because someone or… …

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  • 9disappointment — dis|ap|point|ment [ ,dısə pɔıntmənt ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the feeling of being unhappy because something you hoped for or expected did not happen or because someone or something was not as good as you expected: disappointment at: Diplomats… …

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  • 10disappointment — noun 1 (U) sadness that something is not as good as you expected it to be, or has not happened in the way you hoped it would: to sb s (great) disappointment: To her great disappointment none of her tomatoes grew well. 2 (C) someone or something… …

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