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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
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Surely that has increasing resonance among the politically exhausted and spiritually disenchanted.
—Abby McCloskey, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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
Recent history offers no shortage of examples of moguls who purchase a famous media brand, then become disenchanted with the industry.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
Surely that has increasing resonance among the politically exhausted and spiritually disenchanted.
—Abby McCloskey, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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 Eagles’ inconsistency is all about their offense, which retains the talent that won the Super Bowl last year, but has frustrated fans for most of the season.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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One late-night scene between Agnes and Will is hard to watch, dramatizing the profound distance between her earthbound herbalist mother and his drunk and frustrated writer.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Religiosity on the rise in the UK, France Religiosity is on the rise in France and Britain, driven by growing interest among young people disillusioned with their country’s political leadership.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Persistent electricity blackouts, record inflation and soaring unemployment have left citizens disillusioned by their powerless leadership.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Arsenal go into the break disappointed, but not disheartened.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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However, all three playoff games in the series were won by the road team, including Friday night’s decisive match before a sorely disappointed crowd of 34,473 that filled the lower bowl at Bank of America Stadium.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 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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Even ahead of his hour-long speech in the Capitol, Assembly Republicans charged that the governor’s eight-year term culminated in unfulfilled efforts to lower the cost of living for California families.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The decision ends McDaniel’s four-year tenure in Miami, a period defined by soaring expectations that ultimately went unfulfilled.—
Alanis Thames,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Anyone dissatisfied with the board's ruling could appeal through circuit court.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Fans who appear to be dissatisfied with the series finale, or just not ready to say goodbye, have taken to social media to react to the false theory.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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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Protests erupted in Iran last week when disgruntled shopkeepers took to the streets to demonstrate against the country’s plummeting currency.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the end of season one, Dana was experiencing an existential crisis; her decades-long dedication to the ER was buckling under the brutal realities of the modern health care system, compounded by a violent attack by a disgruntled patient.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Disenchanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchanted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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