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Bookmark or Share- grammar - Is it disappointed with, in, or by? - English Language ...Disappointed with (object) - an object of neutral gender. E.g: I am disappointed with your service. Disappointed over - an incidence. Disappointed in/with - very similar but slightly different connotation. 'In' is more personal and conveys reflection on the individual. 'With' is more used for disappointment over an isolated incidence.
- We are disappointed of someone / disappointed from someone ...You can, apparently, be "disappointed of" some expected result, which can include the actions of some person. However, to me this sounds formal and somewhat archaic , and I would never use use it. As far as I know, "disappointed from " is not an idiomatic complement, although it may appear in an adjacent adverbial phrase:
- prepositions - disappointed in/at the fact that - English Language ...Disappointed is tricky: it can occur with any of several prepositions before the source of disappointment. Roughly: disappointed in someone: This suggests someone did something wrong or let you down. disappointed at: To me this suggests a hint of surprise (like surprised at). disappointed with/by: Fairly generic ways of saying something ...
- word usage - "[They] went away disappointed/disappointedly" – Does ...Here disappointedly means in a disappointed manner/tone of voice and this use is much more natural. This is only an intuition I have, but it seems that walk away is being used in a "linking-verb way", like the verb sound for example. They walked away disappointed. They sounded disappointed. Here is a very good way to use disappointedly:
- prepositions - 'Disappointment at' or 'disappointment in' - English ...In general in American English, people tend to use "disappointed in" with reference to a specific person or group of people. I am disappointed in his failure to get the job done on time. Whereas, again in American English, people tend to use "disappointed at" with reference to a situation. I was disappointed at not being able to join you.
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