grave disappointment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgraveanddisappointment
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grave
adjective
uk/ɡreɪv/us/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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disappointment
noun
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition ofgraveanddisappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I know that there will be a great many of them who will regard this secession as a serious blow and agravedisappointment.
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We have come here in an atmosphere of sadness andgravedisappointment.
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It is a breach of promise to low-spending authorities and agravedisappointmentto those that spend more highly, according to their assessment of need.
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We must therefore register ourgravedisappointmentwith it.
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It is mygravedisappointmentthat we have not yet found it possible to remove it.
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At the moment the scheme is, frankly, agravedisappointment.
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It is well that we should recognise this, for we should otherwise pile up for ourselvesgravedisappointment.
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Unless we realise that they are not symmetrical, our diplomacy, upon which in the end we have to rely, runs the risk ofgravedisappointment.
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I will conclude by expressing mygravedisappointmentwith the letter from the three presidents of national parliaments.
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It will arouse among our friends feelings ofgravedisappointment, and among those nations who are less friendly feelings of another kind.
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Sadly, it is also capable of causinggravedisappointmentwhen such qualities are absent.
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He said that it is agravedisappointment.
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The announcement which has just been made will causegravedisappointment.
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The way in which the common law and the judiciary have evolved in the past 200 or 300 years has been agravedisappointment.
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They could make savings elsewhere, and cutting schools in this way will be agravedisappointmentto many people.
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I believe that unless there is specific agreement on certain things—albeit a limited number—there will begravedisappointmentand disillusion.
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Onlygravedisappointmentdid he show for the improved housing figures.
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But he did say there wasgravedisappointmentin this direction.
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There has beengravedisappointmentabout this school in the past.
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He proceeded to state what those demands had been, and clearly expressed verygravedisappointmentwith the attention which they had received.
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