Synonyms of disillusionment

disillusionment

noun

as in disenchantment

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disillusionment

Platner blamed all this on PTSD and political disillusionment. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026

Lingering problems from inflation, immigration, and an aging population have strewn disillusionment with France’s traditional parties and boosted RN’s chances, giving the party its best shot yet. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026

Captain Rezaian had trained in Florida before the revolution, as my father had, and shared his sense of disillusionment that Iran could no longer offer a safe or prosperous future for their families. — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026

Now, with aftershocks still rattling damaged cities and thousands of people displaced, some analysts warn the government’s handling of the disaster may be accelerating public disillusionment with the Chavista power structure. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

Debate over Arnold’s motivation also still occurs, with some pointing to his own disillusionment with how the war was progressing. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were recent enough for Black Americans to understand the nation’s possibility for change, yet the routine violence didn’t diminish, clouding the wave of optimism with grief and disillusionment. — Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

For my microgeneration, the disillusionment crept in with the savage failure of the Iraq War. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

The Waste Land’s overarching theme was the disillusionment and disgust of the period after World War I (1914–18). — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026