cape-disappointment

noun

1. Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.

noun

1. the act of disappointing or the state of being disappointed
2. a person, thing, or state of affairs that disappoints

n.

1610s, “fact of disappointing;” see disappoint + -ment. Meaning “state or feeling of being disappointed” is from 1756. Meaning “a thing that disappoints” is from 1756.