bitter disappointment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbitteranddisappointment
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bitter
adjective
uk/ˈbɪt.ər/us/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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disappointment
noun
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition ofbitteranddisappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The amount of the eventual award was abitterdisappointment.
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It is a matter ofbitterdisappointmentto all those who have worked so hard to try to avoid this day.
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It now has a better turnover but it must be abitterdisappointmentto its protagonists.
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The constant attendance allowance has caused much anxiety andbitterdisappointment.
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That was abitterdisappointmentto the local authorities.
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Can one wonder at thebitterdisappointmentand apprehension within the industry at the present time?
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That is abitterdisappointmentfor me, after all the work that has been done.
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They have reduced the expectations of the people tobitterdisappointment.
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To hisbitterdisappointment, he was declared unfit.
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We believe that there was an opportunity for it and therefore we feel bound to express ourbitterdisappointment.
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There will bebitterdisappointmentif they are faced with unemployment which could in turn create damage to our society.
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She implied that it would be abitterdisappointmentto parents if their children did not do that.
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It is abitterdisappointmentto us that the problem of leasehold reform is still left untouched.
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It will be abitterdisappointmentto them that their brothers and sisters will not be able to attend the same school.
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It is abitterdisappointmentthat the rate of growth is falling.
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There will bebitterdisappointmentif the scheme does not cover the whole country.
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I feel, be suffering frombitterdisappointment, so far as own sphere is concerned.
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When it came out, there wasbitterdisappointmentbecause it was not a true reappraisal.
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We must not see the aspirations of the code turn tobitterdisappointmenton account of failure in training.
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