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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
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Sandler is once again in babysitter mode, this time as a disenchanted guy tasked with taking care of his niece and nephew.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
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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Adjective
Sixty-five-year-old Jep Gambardella, indolent and disenchanted, his eyes permanently imbued with gin and tonic, watches this parade of hollow, doomed, powerful yet depressed humanity.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Sandler is once again in babysitter mode, this time as a disenchanted guy tasked with taking care of his niece and nephew.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Verb
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
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
Adjective
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Instead, after entering the third period tied, the Wild got absolutely dominated by the Pittsburgh Penguins to once again disappoint the frustrated home crowd during what has been a miserable start to this 2025-26 campaign.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Recently married to a promising academic yet already a frustrated wife, prone to boredom and depression?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For decades, they have been disillusioned by the cynicism, intellectual narrowness and greed of the corporate academy, which chose profit over principles while providing knowledge without conscience, skill without reflection, and schooling without heart.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The youth of ’91 were disillusioned after Ravalomanana.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Blue Jays’ Gold Glove center fielder charged forward, dove, and came up with a critical catch to limit a disappointed Hernández to a sacrifice fly.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Yanga has been telling disappointed families in the camp not to lose hope.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Both Anne and Benjamin are quickly disabused of any illusion that their father might have taken them seriously as contributors to the business, let alone potential successors.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 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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More often than not, their dreams of wealth, power, influence and fame went unfulfilled.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Beneath her sense of duty is a crushing loneliness and the prospect of a life unfulfilled.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Multiple sources close to members of the Madrid squad spoke of a feeling of frustration within the dressing room, with many senior figures feeling disrespected and dissatisfied, and a feeling that Alonso is much more distant with them than predecessor Carlo Ancelotti was.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Seehorn quickly accepted the role of Carol Sturka, a misanthropic, creatively dissatisfied romance author behind the best-selling Winds of Wycaro book series.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As much as personality appears to rule the day — Trump is a New York billionaire developer whose bombastic style captured the souls of discontented rural Americans — the 2028 presidential race might come down to simple, timeworn economic forces.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Swinney has heard the noise of discontented fans this season and defended Clemson's success, going back to when Brent Venables was his defensive coordinator.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Children with backpacks and adults waited for access to the road leading to nearby housing, and disgruntled drivers slowly drove past the scene.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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This includes leader assassination attempts by political opponents or lone wolves or mutinies by disgruntled soldiers who might even march on the presidential palace to demand higher pay, promotions or other policy concessions.—
John Joseph Chin,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Disenchanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchanted. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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