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

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

Yet the search for solutions resulted only in more disenchantment. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026