as in disillusioned
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you
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Recent Examples of disenchanted
Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Working-class voters grew disenchanted with, and then disgusted by, elite, wealthy liberals.
—Michael Catanzaro, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The industry’s changing priorities and shaky quality assurance have left her disenchanted by the business.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Sandler is once again in babysitter mode, this time as a disenchanted guy tasked with taking care of his niece and nephew.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
Working-class voters grew disenchanted with, and then disgusted by, elite, wealthy liberals.
—Michael Catanzaro, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Adjective
Reporters Mithil Aggarwal, Janhvi Bhojwani and Jay Ganglani dove into both protests where young people disenchanted by corruption and a lack of jobs took to the streets to demand radical economic and political reforms.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The industry’s changing priorities and shaky quality assurance have left her disenchanted by the business.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchanted
Verb
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The youth of ’91 were disillusioned after Ravalomanana.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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After that show, he got disillusioned with the music industry and retrained as an animator.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fat Joe said that a frustrated Bruno removed himself from the conversation and went to sit on the other side of the venue at the unspecified awards show.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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And so Ben Richards, in the book, is very frustrated with the system.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Both Anne and Benjamin are quickly disabused of any illusion that their father might have taken them seriously as contributors to the business, let alone potential successors.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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And the refusal to be disabused by data suggests a deep instinct that vaccination in general is just too unnatural to be trusted — a very human impulse, clearly, but not one that can guide public health.—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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A certain percentage of Yankees fans will continue to be frustrated with Cashman and Boone, not wanting to hear about the difficulty of winning the World Series and how every season 29 of 30 teams end up disappointed.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, a data print on German factory orders majorly disappointed markets.—
Hugh Leask,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But there’s an unfulfilled quest to Seau’s NFL career that Warner would rather not experience himself.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, a Tigers team that was the American League’s best for much of the regular season enters an odd winter after a September and October of valiant effort but ultimately unfulfilled expectations.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
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Farage isn’t the only person dissatisfied.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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This mix of hypocrisy and corruption, combined with the failure to stop growing Jewish immigration in the 1930s, weakened Husseini’s popularity with the discontented masses.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tennessee traded Brown due to disagreements over a contract extension and a desire to avoid keeping a disgruntled player.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some cases even involve disgruntled family members acting out of greed.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Disenchanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchanted. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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