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
Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Problems, not surprisingly, have regularly emerged: Various cases of abuse of idols by management, suicide and mental health problems among talent, acts of harassment — and even violence — among disenchanted fans.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
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Verb
As President Trump cuts billions of federal dollars from science institutes and universities, restricts what can be studied and pushes out immigrants, rival nations are hoping to pick up talent that has been cast aside or become disenchanted.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Problems, not surprisingly, have regularly emerged: Various cases of abuse of idols by management, suicide and mental health problems among talent, acts of harassment — and even violence — among disenchanted fans.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Adjective
The industry’s changing priorities and shaky quality assurance have left her disenchanted by the business.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchanted
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When Bianca Cefalo started working in the space industry, she was quickly disillusioned by its culture.—
Lisa Falco,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Directed by Ron Howard, the thriller tells the real-life tale of what became known as the Galapagos Affair, wherein a group of eight Europeans, disillusioned by the onset of fascism and a looming world war, settled on the uninhabited island of Floreana in 1929.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Xu said, noting that frustrated clients began moving funds to Japan, Hong Kong and Dubai instead.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Service is also a realistic story about a frustrated middle-aged former journalist and aspiring novelist idling in an ultra-low-paying job.—
Susan Coll
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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And the refusal to be disabused by data suggests a deep instinct that vaccination in general is just too unnatural to be trusted — a very human impulse, clearly, but not one that can guide public health.—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Astounded, confused disappointed?—
Steve Sedgwick,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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These are just a couple of people (both actors are wonderfully natural) a bit disappointed by life, who find each other at the right time.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That promise is unfulfilled as yet, however, as little money has reached the lower economic sectors of Bolivia's population to date.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The heart of the story involves a romantic epiphany that’s also an unspoken recognition of homosexual desire; Michèle’s matchmaking scheme is a vicarious replacement for something that’s doomed to go unfulfilled.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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However, the players union, the Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association, dissatisfied with the PHF, formed its own league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Others are dissatisfied with how their school districts are doing academically.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Protests have continued throughout the year, including ahead of the country’s 80th independence anniversary in August, when many discontented citizens raised pirate flags in lieu of or alongside the national flag to voice their discontent.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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The gleefully gutsy horror movie (in theaters now) stars real-life married actors Alison Brie and Dave Franco as Millie and Tim, a complacent, discontented couple whose bodies start to fuse after a hiking trip gone haywire.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Maybe a disgruntled shareholder of either of these companies.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It is set on the fictional Winthrop Island in New England, and features a disgruntled daughter and her famous mother who are connected to a young woman on a steamboat from 200 years in the past.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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