Bad news and Disappointment

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Disappointment and bad news are semantically related. in trouble topic. In some cases you can use "Disappointment" instead a noun phrase "Bad news".

Disappointment noun - The emotion felt when one's expectations are not met.

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Bad news and disappointment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad news" instead a noun "Disappointment".

In the 2010 relaunch of Doctor Solar Man Of The Atom, corporate executive/Big Bad Tanek Nuro is introduced receiving bad news from an underling, who, having anticipated his disappointment, has already prepared a couple of "punching bags" for him to vent his frustrations.

Source: Kick The Dog / Comic Books
Bad News, Irrelevant News: In response to a Greek athlete's disappointment that his prize for winning the Isthmian Games is a crown of celery (not a 'salary').Reporter: Well, the bad news is your prize is just a celery hat.Athlete: Then what's the good news?

Source: Series / Horrible Histories

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