UNDECEIVE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

undeceive

verb

ˌən-di-ˈsēv

Definition of undeceive

as in to disabuse

to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes promptly undeceived the young woman about the sincerity of the man's intentions

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If anything, the industry needs to disabuse itself of the notion that simply meeting guests’ expectations is a failure and embrace the value of reasonable hospitality.

— Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026
Monday’s slightly shorter ride to Guthrie Center packed in 3,572 feet, the most climbing of the week and enough to disabuse anyone still clinging to the fiction that Iowa is flat.

— Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 25 July 2026

Definition of disabuse

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He has long been disillusioned with the Democratic Party, saying its leaders have used Latinos as political props.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
But their 20-3 loss to the Seahawks (4-3) was so thorough, unsightly and disillusioning as to render the 5-0 run-up to it entirely suspect — especially considering the Chiefs’ thorny schedule ahead.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of disillusion

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David Remnick interviews Gina Hinojosa, the state’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, on how voters may be disenchanted enough to finally make that happen again.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Maher says that the fact that more than half the states allow capital punishment, but are issuing fewer death sentences, shows that the American people are disenchanted with the use of the death penalty.

— Nate Perez, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of disenchant

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