profound disappointment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofoundanddisappointment
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profound
adjective
uk/prəˈfaʊnd/us/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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disappointment
noun
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition ofprofoundanddisappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Profounddisappointmentis experienced by those who have prayed, perhaps an entire congregation.
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I cannot help expressing myprofounddisappointmentthat this question should have been raised in the present circumstances.
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My appreciation, however, inevitably turned to aprofounddisappointment.
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Speaking purely as an individual, it is aprofounddisappointmentto me and it would be hypocritical not to say so.
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I do express ourprofounddisappointmentat what happened at the 11-week conference.
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There is no doubt that there isprofounddisappointmentfelt among them.
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I am sure it will produce the mostprofounddisappointmentamongst all those who have taken an interest in this question.
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I must expressprofounddisappointmentat what he said on the political side.
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I wish to express myprofounddisappointmentat the way in which the accounts are presented to us.
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They will suffer anxiety and sometimesprofounddisappointment.
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There will beprofounddisappointmentin the document.
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There will be aprofounddisappointmentat the announcement that no appeal tribunals are to be set up, at least for some considerable time.
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He will understand myprofounddisappointmentthat his answer, unlike his reply about disabled persons, does not offer even a glimmer of reconsideration.
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The delay which has taken place is aprofounddisappointment.
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It was aprofounddisappointmentto some of us.
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They will feelprofounddisappointmentand will continue to press her until they receive a much more satisfactory answer.
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He expressed hisprofounddisappointmentabout this matter.
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It was aprofounddisappointmentto discover that the claims about such training were true.
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That is aprofounddisappointmentto all those involved, and a shock to the local community.
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When it does end, the aftermath will taste like bitter herbs, for it will be an aftermath ofprofounddisappointmentas well as distress.
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