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http://takingtheworldonwithasmile.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/thankful.jpg?w=595&h=595Disappointment is merely an unmet expectation,
it’s only when you imbue it with negative meanings that it becomes painful

World English Dictionary

dys-

-        prefix

  1. diseased, abnormal, or faulty: dysentery; dyslexia
  2. difficult or painful: dysuria, dysthymia
  3. unfavorable or bad: dylogistic

[via Latin from Greek dus- ]

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