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as in frustrated
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as in cynical
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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
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Not so for the Alaskan wildlife biologist Caroline Van Hemert, who, disillusioned with laboratory life, attempted to regain her love for her field via a daring and physically demanding journey from coastal Washington to the Arctic.
—Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
And then, as a new century began, heartbroken by personal losses and disillusioned by the corporatization of the indie scene, Auf der Maur would walk away from it all.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
And as Venezuela moves deeper into its post-Maduro transition, Rodríguez may increasingly find that her greatest political challenge no longer comes from the opposition, but from the revolution’s own disillusioned base.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Not so for the Alaskan wildlife biologist Caroline Van Hemert, who, disillusioned with laboratory life, attempted to regain her love for her field via a daring and physically demanding journey from coastal Washington to the Arctic.
—Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
Even the left has grown disillusioned with such gestures’ meaning.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
And then, as a new century began, heartbroken by personal losses and disillusioned by the corporatization of the indie scene, Auf der Maur would walk away from it all.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusioned
Adjective
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For the past 10 months, since a frustrated Colbert announced the cancellation of the three-decade-old talk show in July 2025, the countdown to his farewell has been looming over Colbert and the whole of the late-night genre like a guillotine with a threadbare rope.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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In Rhode Island, school speech therapist Denise Champney said she’s seen children get so frustrated with the software’s animations and spoken prompts that one punched the screen of his Chromebook.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Valerie, having found her backbone, is ultimately replaced on her sitcom by an AI version of Valerie, which sounds cynical — except that Valerie ends up getting a presumably far better job as the star of Stevens’ new series, Judge’s Table, about a judge who leaves the law to become a chef.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Continue reading … SPACED OUT — Joe Rogan suggests upcoming UFO disclosure is cynical distraction from war in Iran.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Nina Linh, who entered the race early on as a Democrat but has since identified as an independent, is hoping to make inroads with voters disenchanted by both parties.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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American workers are disenchanted, depressed and frustrated.—
Chris Tomlinson,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Fillaga, looking disappointed, immediately put his head down.—
Dan Rios,
Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Collier mostly welcomes the attention, but talked about a side effect of growing sports betting — death threats from disappointed bettors.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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On Polymarket, traders have a slightly more pessimistic outlook.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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As Insider notes, this isn’t the first time that Garman has hit back against some of the more pessimistic predictions about AI job takeovers.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2026
Verb
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The past decade should have disabused us of that notion many times over.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the fear that Bacon has gathered everyone for something indulgent is quickly disabused in the silly and gory comedy where the fun all are having on screen extends to those who aren’t directly related.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Los Angeles calls itself a sanctuary city, but that promise remains unfulfilled.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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The findings from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show a president who is struggling with unfulfilled promises to tame inflation and testing Americans’ patience with a conflict in the Middle East that has dragged on longer than expected.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The misanthropic music matched the bleak unreality of the antisocial pandemic world.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2026
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By the end of the year, Alfred Tennyson, lately miserable, misanthropic, semi-broke, and semi-feral, had been made the Poet Laureate of England.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Disillusioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusioned. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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