Entry Word: disillusion

Function: verb

Meaning: to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes <we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life>

Synonyms disabuse, disenchant, undeceive

Related Words debunk, expose, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

Near Antonyms beguile, bluff, cozen, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, snow, take in, trick