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

Campus protests, organized by 20-something college students, have come to define young Americans’ growing disillusionment. — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

It’s grown in the years since, as disillusionment with dating apps has risen, loneliness remains pervasive, and a generation raised on screens is sold solutions like AI lovers. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Cruz plays the wife whose disillusionment becomes the story’s emotional core, opposite Bardem as an architect drawn into building a survivalist bunker for a reclusive tech billionaire. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

The incident perfectly illustrates widespread disillusionment with the use of generative AI and how radioactive the topic has become. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026

Many British gender critical feminists also frame their politics as born from disillusionment with the left. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

However, coercion and the constant specter of war have also fed disillusionment and conflict fatigue. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

The poetry of this movie, in short, is in Dafoe, who gives his finest performance in years—a long trek from bliss to despair to disillusionment, and finally to the odd contentment and consolation that disillusionment often brings. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Her disillusionment was in part the product of Obama’s friendship with Jay-Z, Time reported. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 July 2026