UNDECEIVE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

undeceive

verb

ˌən-di-ˈsēv

Definition of undeceive

as in to disabuse

to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes promptly undeceived the young woman about the sincerity of the man's intentions

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If anything, the industry needs to disabuse itself of the notion that simply meeting guests’ expectations is a failure and embrace the value of reasonable hospitality.

— Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Monday’s slightly shorter ride to Guthrie Center packed in 3,572 feet, the most climbing of the week and enough to disabuse anyone still clinging to the fiction that Iowa is flat.

— Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 25 July 2026

Definition of disabuse

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Paradoxically, while these entertaining figures can attract voters disillusioned with traditional politics, the ballots cast for them also add to their parties’ total under Brazil’s electoral system.

— Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Paradoxically, while these entertaining figures can attract voters disillusioned with traditional politics, the ballots cast for them also add to their parties' total under Brazil's electoral system.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of disillusion

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But the old dispensation was also something like the countryside of his childhood, which experience has disenchanted.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Citizens on both sides of the aisle have become increasingly disenchanted with billionaires spending record sums to influence elections and policy while increasing their own net worths and driving up the cost of living for everyone else.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of disenchant

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