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as in disillusioned
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you
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Recent Examples of disenchanted
Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Though youth turnout is typically low in Japan, Takaichi’s rise has injected rare excitement into a demographic long disenchanted with national politics.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
David Beasley, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Reporters Mithil Aggarwal, Janhvi Bhojwani and Jay Ganglani dove into both protests where young people disenchanted by corruption and a lack of jobs took to the streets to demand radical economic and political reforms.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Six years later, some disenchanted daters are logging off.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Though youth turnout is typically low in Japan, Takaichi’s rise has injected rare excitement into a demographic long disenchanted with national politics.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Advertisement That’s why much of my work now is focused on the young people who will soon be at the wheel; young people who are distraught and disenchanted by national and international institutions that have let so many down.
—David Beasley, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Reporters Mithil Aggarwal, Janhvi Bhojwani and Jay Ganglani dove into both protests where young people disenchanted by corruption and a lack of jobs took to the streets to demand radical economic and political reforms.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchanted
Adjective
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The final straw for a frustrated Overland Park City Council came after potentially shoddy construction work done without the proper permits left the roof at risk of collapse.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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But getting there required a lot of frustrated searching and yelling at old StackOverflow posts.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
Verb
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As our state of Colorado approaches its 150th birthday and our nation turns 250 years old, many Americans are disillusioned by this grand experiment in democracy.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the final season of Handmaid’s, Lydia grew increasingly disillusioned by the hypocrisy of the ruling class of Commanders, who do not live up to Gilead’s religious ideals.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Other airlines scrambled to help the legion of disappointed customers, including United and Frontier.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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Lauder boosted its outlook in the second quarter as well — but not as much as some were hoping, leaving Wall Street disappointed.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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The past decade should have disabused us of that notion many times over.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the fear that Bacon has gathered everyone for something indulgent is quickly disabused in the silly and gory comedy where the fun all are having on screen extends to those who aren’t directly related.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Los Angeles calls itself a sanctuary city, but that promise remains unfulfilled.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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The findings from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show a president who is struggling with unfulfilled promises to tame inflation and testing Americans’ patience with a conflict in the Middle East that has dragged on longer than expected.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some studies estimate that 10%-20% of people who have knee replacements are dissatisfied.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
27 Apr. 2026
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Many Israelis are dissatisfied with the Netanyahu government’s wartime leadership, according to a recent poll.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His wife, Lindsay (Carey Mulligan), picks out fabrics and seems discontented with life.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One major way the Heat is expected to try to improve its roster this offseason is by again pursuing a trade for disgruntled Milwaukee Bucks two-time NBA MVP and nine-time All-NBA forward Giannis Antetokounmpo this offseason.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Superintendent Peter Licata was not present, which was pointed out by a number of disgruntled parents who spoke to Fort Worth ISD’s leaders imploring them to keep the school open.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Disenchanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchanted. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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