DISABUSING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

disabusing

verb

present participle of disabuse

as in disillusioning

to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes let me disabuse you of your foolish notions

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Recent Examples of disabusing This is also why disabusing new believers of such opinions can feel like plucking shell fragments from a cooking omelet. — Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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And what seemed most probably was a blip ultimately dominoed into the disillusioning 2025 season that will come to a merciful end on Sunday in Las Vegas.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
Italy’s established political parties failed to respond effectively to the crisis, disillusioning voters.

— ERIK JONES, Foreign Affairs, 21 Sep. 2022

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Dan Schnur, a former Republican turned independent and politics professor at several California universities, is advising More Choice.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Regional airlines have mostly recovered to pre-conflict capacity levels, but the EU’s aviation watchdog issued a fresh warning advising airlines to avoid airspace over much of the region.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

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Curator Nadine Hounkpatin, who organized the wider exhibition at Arles in which Phan’s images appear, has said that the body of work illustrates the kind of deeper truth-telling photography can do.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Anna Maria says the Church had put him up for adoption without telling her.

— Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026

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