Disillusion synonyms

dĭs'ĭ-lo͝o'zhən

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disabuse
To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (somebody).
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free from illusion
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disenchant
To set free from an enchantment or illusion
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bring down to earth
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bring down
To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
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let the air out of
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disappoint (related)
To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
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disenchantment
The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted
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disillusionment
The fact or state of being disillusioned
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shatter one's illusions
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disenthrall
To free from a controlling force or influence.
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embitter
To arouse bitter feelings in:
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open one's eyes
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let down easy
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pull the ground from under
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burst the bubble
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break the spell
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knock the props from under
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send one's air castles tumbling
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show the feet of clay
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enchant (antonym)
To attract and delight; entrance.
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disenchanted (related)
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frustrated (related)
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despondent (related)
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out-of-touch (related)
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preoccupy (related)
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obsessed (related)
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resentful (related)
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undeceive
To free from misconception, deception or error.
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Disillusion Sentence Examples

  • But however indubitable that conclusion and the officer's conviction based upon it, Pierre felt it necessary to disillusion him.

  • But it is to be remembered that Miss Keller has written many things in her autobiography for the fun of writing them, and the disillusion, which the writer of the editorial took seriously, is in great part humorous.

  • In order to disillusion anyone who may think that my position was a sinecure, I shall now digress.

  • No event in the history of England had been attended with more lively and general rejoicing than Charles's restoration, and none was destined to cause greater subsequent disappointment and disillusion.

  • The mutual ardour;gradually cooled; motives of prudence and decorum urged the discontinuance of the connexion; and disillusion changed insensibly to disgust.

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