Synonyms of disenchantment

disenchantment

noun

as in disillusionment

Related Words

• disillusionment
• discontent
• discontentment
• unhappiness
• sadness
• disgruntlement
• sorrow
• oppression
• melancholy
• displeasure
• dejection
• discontentedness
• dreariness
• dissatisfaction
• distress
• blues
• gloominess
• gloom
• disappointment
• joylessness
• dumps
• despondency
• depression
• dismay
• frustration
• crestfallenness
• dolor
• downheartedness
• discomfiture
• dejectedness
• disconsolateness
• doldrums
• desolation
• desolateness
• mopes
• chagrin
• letdown
• dolefulness

Dissimilar Words

• satisfaction
• contentment
• gratification
• content
• fulfillment
• contentedness
• joy
• happiness
• bliss
• felicity
• gladness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disenchantment

The red notebook, written in flatter, grayer prose, is about her time in the British Communist Party and her ultimate disenchantment with it. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

In between languid lake swims and sensual forest escapades, old crushes surface and new anxieties rear their heads in this deft portrait of millennial disenchantment. — Air Mail, 20 June 2026

The appeal for young people, experts say, seems to be twofold — a disenchantment with other institutions and with the growing loneliness of life lived on social media, together with a church that, starting with Pope Francis, has focused less on doctrine and more on social justice. — ABC News, 1 June 2026

With anthropological specificity, Nadar attends to the duality of enchantment and disenchantment accompanying the introduction and adoption of new technologies. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

Public disenchantment with that attitude is visible among his own supporters. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

Perhaps a new Death of a Salesman was always going to have an advantage earning our faith, given that its very essence has to do with belief and disenchantment, aspiration and back-breaking despair. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026

The Bachelor’snext few years may hinge entirely on its ability to sell romance in an era defined, above all, by disenchantment. — Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026

Yet, according to many people familiar with the matter, Netflix’s disenchantment is not a recent phenomenon. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026