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Disappointment

A sense of unhappiness or discouragement resulting from one’s own hopes or expectations not being met.  This emotion is purely fueled by someone expecting to be happy or fulfilled from something, only to feel the exact opposite when it turns out not to be true.
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March 25, 2020
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