How to say "disappointed" in Japanese

• がっくりJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, adverb (with と)The everyday, vivid choice: disappointment you can see, the slump of the shoulders when hopes collapse. It pictures the deflated, crestfallen manner of dejection rather than naming the feeling abstractly.
  わが国くにのサッカー代表だいひょうチームが歴史的れきしてき大敗たいはいを喫きっしガックリした。↗

  I was extremely disappointed to see our national soccer team suffer a historic loss.
• 憮然ぶぜん
  taru-adjective, adverb (with と)Disappointment that has settled into glum, disheartened low spirits rather than a sharp letdown. A less common word, it reads as subdued dejection — the mood of someone quietly deflated after things fall short of hope.
• 悵然ちょうぜん
  taru-adjective, adverb (with と)Disappointment tinged with sadness — upset and sorrowful rather than merely let down. A less common word, and seldom the everyday choice for 'disappointed'; it really conveys sorrowful, downcast dejection.
• 暗然あんぜん
  taru-adjective, adverb (with と)Doleful, gloomy dejection — disappointment so heavy it shades into discouragement and tears. A less common word and seldom the everyday choice for 'disappointed'; it really pictures dark, tearful gloom.

Use 「がっくり」 for the common, visible kind of disappointment — slumping and crestfallen; 憮然, 悵然 and 暗然 are rarer words for subdued dejection: glum disheartenment, sorrowful upset, and doleful gloom verging on tears.

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• がっくりheartbroken
• 憮然ぶぜんdisappointed
• 悵然ちょうぜんdisappointed
• 悔しいくやしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• 口惜しいくちおしいfrustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice)
• 暗然あんぜんdoleful