as in disenchanted
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life
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Recent Examples of disillusioned
Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 July 2025
Kenya’s disillusioned young population is demanding far-reaching changes including action against corruption, accountability for security officers implicated in the killings of protesters, and more jobs.
—semafor.com, 9 July 2025
Created by Vince Gilligan, the show follows Walter White, a disillusioned high school chemistry teacher who, after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, turns to cooking meth to secure his family's future.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
The only probable means of gumming up the works is if the AI pursuits fizzle out and people become disillusioned that AGI was merely a pipe dream.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Verb
His father, a disillusioned professor fighting to salvage his career.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 July 2025
Kenya’s disillusioned young population is demanding far-reaching changes including action against corruption, accountability for security officers implicated in the killings of protesters, and more jobs.
—semafor.com, 9 July 2025
Created by Vince Gilligan, the show follows Walter White, a disillusioned high school chemistry teacher who, after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, turns to cooking meth to secure his family's future.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
The only probable means of gumming up the works is if the AI pursuits fizzle out and people become disillusioned that AGI was merely a pipe dream.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusioned
Adjective
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Keegan was visibly frustrated after a low snap on a third-down situation killed the play.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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The user is growing frustrated after years of conscious effort to save, only to feel overlooked.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Rufus Sewell, with his piercing eyes and severe features, will costar in Pride and Prejudice as the dry, cynical Mr. Bennet, Lizzy's father.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The fact that there is a developing crisis does not emanate from Israeli decisions, but from a cynical game played by Hamas and the United Nations.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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The country’s far right, which now controls 30 percent of Parliament, has normalized radical antidemocratic rhetoric and mobilized a disenchanted electorate that sees liberal governance not as a safeguard but as a barrier to reform.—
Veronica Anghel,
Foreign Affairs,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, voters are pessimistic about the country's trajectory.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Younger Americans tend to have lower confidence in Social Security, with Americans in their 30s being the most pessimistic, the survey found.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Although, disappointed fans didn't have much time to sulk.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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His formula: Randomly drop the flyer on social media, set a low enough price to get everyone to mentally buy into it, watch disappointed fans bemoan coming up empty-handed after waiting in the virtual queue, and prepare for who shows up for the party.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Wood starred as hopeless romantic Chelsea, who was on vacation with her older, misanthropic boyfriend Rick (Walton Goggins).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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Brief yet dense and full of misanthropic humor, Portal holds the hell up nearly twenty years later.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Hanson noted unfulfilled promises by Trump to lower prices and to end conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
29 July 2025
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The Consequential Consensus Whether prophetic or destined for technology's unfulfilled promises museum, the San Francisco Consensus is already redirecting capital flows and strategic priorities.—
Arafat Kabir,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Some students might be tempted to argue against it entirely, assuming that admissions officers will favor this kind of response or be skeptical of those who express too favorable views of the technology.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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LeCun, who has been openly skeptical that current approaches to AI will lead to human-level AI, let alone superintelligence, has been increasingly sidelined in Meta’s drive to develop AI models and products.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
29 July 2025
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“Disillusioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusioned. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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