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

There’s a laboriousness to the way the writers set up Camille’s growing disillusionment through multiple scenes where the full implications of the Algorithm’s plans begin to dawn on her. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Historic lows in the public’s confidence in the judiciary; the public’s disillusionment that a fair and independent judiciary exists. — Jacob M. Noble, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Halliwell left Spice Girls in May 1998, citing creative differences with the group, disillusionment and exhaustion as her reasons for departing. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

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