| bungle(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
| cast down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, fail) |
| chagrin(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
| circumvent(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
| come to nothing(verb, expression, idiom, upset, fail) |
| dash(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
| dash hopes(verb, expression, upset, fail, deceive) |
| deceive(verb, upset, fail, thwart, baffle) |
| delude(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
| disconcert(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart) |
| abandon(verb, sadden, disappoint, dishearten, disillusion) |
| bring down to earth(verb, expression, idiom, sadden, disappoint) |
| collapse |
| dashed hopes(expression, fail, baffle, sadden) |
| defaulting |
| depress(verb, sadden, disappoint, dishearten, disillusion) |
| difference |
| disenchanting(fail, baffle, sadden) |
| efforts |
| fall short(verb, expression, sadden, disappoint, dishearten) |