disillusioned
Definition of disillusioned
: disappointed, dissatisfied becoming more and more disillusioned with politics
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It's left me disillusioned, frustrated and disconcerted.
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Breaking The Silence, a group of disillusioned Israeli military veterans, and the grassroots human rights collective B’Tselem are both dedicated to exposing the harsh reality of life under occupation.
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But Blauner’s fable seems truer to its emotional beats, Natty and Lourdes powerfully real in their lucid, disillusioned idealism.
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Recent graduate Henry Kyriacou is equally disillusioned.
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Or some spark, like the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi, could coalesce disillusioned North Koreans into their own Arab Spring, a full-scale grassroots uprising.
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1871
First Known Use of disillusioned
1871
DISILLUSIONED Defined for English Language Learners
disillusioned
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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