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should I say I'm very disappointed in myself or with myself ?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Both prepositions are fine there.

Cool Breeze · Answer

I don't disagree with Mr M, but you may be interested in a British linguist's opinion:

DISAPPOINTED. The idioms are disappointed with something that does not come up to our expectations (disappointed with my new house, disappointed with the result of an examination, disappointed with his reply, etc.), and disappointed in a person, or a body of persons, whose actions, achievement or character cause one disappointment (disappointed in the new assistant, disappointed in their eldest son, disappointed in the Government). When disappointed means 'cheated of something that one expected or looked forward to', it takes of: disappointed of one's hopes, of one's expectations, of one's ambition.
Frederick T. Wood, English Prepositional Idioms

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Mister Micawber · Answer

Cool BreezeFrederick T. Wood, English Prepositional Idioms

That book, by the way, was published in 1969. The language has loosened up a bit since then. (By comparison, the 4th edition of Strunk & White appeared in 1999, and it is already under attack.)

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