DISILLUSIONMENTS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

disillusionments

noun

plural of disillusionment

as in disenchantments

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Noun

The liberal list of Republican offenses is long—so long, indeed, that the outrages blur.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Look, of the outrages, these are like the least among them, as far as being upset with the administration, with the president.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026

Definition of outrages

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Carriers have felt more comfortable bringing ultra-large container vessels through the area even with the hostilities in the Middle East lingering.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
The bacterium’s hostilities were clear in the outbreak; most of the infected children developed symptoms within four days of the event, much faster than the usual incubation period of 4–10 days.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of hostilities

Noun

None could tame its political furies; its covert operations, which killed more than a thousand Americans in Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan; or its expansion, through the creation of like-minded extremist movements, across the Middle East.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Just as players once had to fight the three furies in later runs of Hades, the Oceanus boss fight requires Melinoë to fight a trio of sirens — each with their own move set, weapons, and health — in order to move forward.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025

Definition of furies

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In 1994, Detective Joanne Miller, played by Shailene Woodley, attempts to track Kaczynski down as his bombing spree rages.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
The attacks forced people to choose between staying or risking travel to other parts of the province where the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history rages.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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