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

Masli said the show grew out of her disillusionment with show business. — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

So now, after months of disillusionment and falling prices, those precious-metal denizens still engaged would like to know where the bottom is for the gold and silver market. — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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