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dash hopes

VERB

disappoint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffle deceive disconcert disenchant dishearten disillusion dissatisfy dumbfound fail hamper mislead

STRONG

abort balk bungle chagrin circumvent dash delude disgruntle embitter foil founder hinder miscarry tease thwart torment vex

WEAK

bring to naught cast down come to nothing fall down on fall flat fall short of leave in the lurch let down not show put out ruin prospects stand up underwhelm

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist encourage explain help

STRONG

delight forward make happy please succeed

WEAK

excite satisfy

Example Sentences

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That may dash hopes that solving the Hubble tension could also help cosmologists sharpen their problematic theory of the universe’s makeup and evolution.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 31, 2023

Those bilateral strains could additionally dash hopes of a revival in Chinese tourists, delaying a broad-based recovery in Japan’s service sector.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

A worse-than-expected reading could dash hopes on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve may stop its hikes to interest rates soon and perhaps even cut rates by the end of the year.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

The inquiry's report is expected to criticise the department's archiving in the 80s and 90s, and dash hopes the so-called "Dickens' dossier" still exists.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2014

But Sessions appeared to dash hopes of an easy nomination process.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2013

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