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
Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Josh O’Connor, at his filthy best, plays a disillusioned ’70s suburban dad married to Alana Haim and vaguely fathering a pair of pathologically chatty sons as the Vietnam War and its attendant protests color the world around them.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
When Bianca Cefalo started working in the space industry, she was quickly disillusioned by its culture.
—Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Sy plays Abel Camara, a famous actor who is growing disillusioned with the industry, who meets a struggling waitress in the midst of a divorce.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Josh O’Connor, at his filthy best, plays a disillusioned ’70s suburban dad married to Alana Haim and vaguely fathering a pair of pathologically chatty sons as the Vietnam War and its attendant protests color the world around them.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
After that show, he got disillusioned with the music industry and retrained as an animator.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
When Bianca Cefalo started working in the space industry, she was quickly disillusioned by its culture.
—Lisa Falco, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disillusioned
Verb
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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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The industry’s changing priorities and shaky quality assurance have left her disenchanted by the business.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Some players have become the target of frustrated supporters, especially after the defeat at Preston North End in August, with defender Wout Faes one of them.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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This story shows that even when judges grow frustrated with prosecutors’ misconduct, their tools are limited.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Talk of a solution—of two states, of a confederation, of nearly any prospect for a secure and free mode of coexistence—has long been dismissed as either an ingenuous assertion of faith or a cynical pantomime, an empty gesture toward a future no one expects to see.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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As my colleague Charlie Warzel wrote in March, on X, the White House is now a troll account, borrowing its snide visual language and tone from some of the internet’s most cynical spaces and deploying this style to mock and dehumanize people.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 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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But Go-myung remains disappointed.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Palvin, who revealed before the show that the nerves still get to her, seemed at times disappointed in the crowd's reaction, motioning upward with her hands, expecting more applause.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The pessimistic version, though?—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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So why doesn’t Logano just conform to the more pessimistic outlook instead of trying to infuse others with brightness?—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But there’s an unfulfilled quest to Seau’s NFL career that Warner would rather not experience himself.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, a Tigers team that was the American League’s best for much of the regular season enters an odd winter after a September and October of valiant effort but ultimately unfulfilled expectations.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With the brutal murderer targeting his police colleagues, Thomas makes a desperate gamble, turning to a once well-regarded but now out of favour, misanthropic ex-detective for help.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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“Disillusioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusioned. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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