Definition of disillusioned
:disappointed, dissatisfied
- becoming more and more disillusioned with politics
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National will be wary that disillusioned home-buyers may turn their back on the party, thwarting its efforts to win a rare fourth term.
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Mexico, unsurprisingly, still refuses to pay for it—and many leading anti-immigration activists have grown disillusioned.
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But the characteristics that endeared Trump to disillusioned voters — his lack of concern for how the system works and shallow knowledge of policy questions — have come back to bite him with a vengeance.
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Indeed, few would envy the task of manager Ziedine Zidane in trying to keep the ego's of his squad of superstars in check, and James Rodriguez and Alvaro have already left after becoming disillusioned with their roles.
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GOP lawmakers will have left them empty-handed, perhaps disillusioned.
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And Pincus is right that the political system is needlessly exclusive, and failing to serve a broad swath of people who have become disillusioned with Washington.
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The original kids, these rich kids, got disillusioned and began to leave.
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Michael Parks, who played Jim Bronson, a disillusioned reporter who hits the road, died May 9, and there is a possibility that Bronson Rock will have a tribute to him.
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First Known Use of disillusioned
1871
DISILLUSIONED Defined for English Language Learners
disillusioned
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Definition of disillusioned for English Language Learners
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: having lost faith or trust in something : disappointed that something is not as good, valuable, true, etc., as it had seemed
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