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as in frustrated
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as in cynical
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as in disenchanted
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes
we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life
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Recent Examples of disillusioned
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Reddit threads and Discord channels once devoted to parsing episodes now read more like group therapy for disillusioned fans.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Tesla Takedown, in the U.S. and elsewhere, was organized by a group that included disillusioned owners of the automaker’s vehicles, celebrities such as actor John Cusack and at least one Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
In the fall of 1945, a Holocaust survivor makes an unlikely alliance with a disillusioned German captain looking to exact justice on a notorious SS squad.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
The last time Broderick and Ruck held the screen together, the latter played the disillusioned son of a wealthy man, a dad who seemed to prize his 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder more than his son.
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Rattan watched as Homa hit ball after ball, growing only more and more frustrated.—
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Grungy yet melodic, the track is about wanting to start over and feeling frustrated with your current situation.—
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Is this a cynical attempt to rescue their party from a political free fall?—
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And so Lee’s reinterpretation strains to leave us on a high instead of a low, as befits the finale of an update so compellingly eager to flip the script on one of Kurosawa’s most cynical films.—
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The three-time Pro Bowler’s placement on this list is operating under the assumption that Andrews is content remaining with the Ravens and hasn’t become disenchanted with all of the trade speculation and criticism he’s gotten for how Baltimore’s 2024 season ended.—
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Superman, however, is feeling disenchanted with his role as Earth’s protector at the expense of his own personal happiness – namely, a love life with Lois Lane.—
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While downgrades are nothing new, Moody’s cited six factors — an unusually large number, with all of them related in one way or the other to Trump policies — for its pessimistic forecast.—
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Consumers have the most pessimistic outlook since October 2011, according to the Conference Board, driven by fears surrounding tariffs, inflation and the possibility of a recession.—
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Tyrese Haliburton led the way for Indiana with 20 points as the home crowd – which included 2025 Indy 500 winner Álex Palou – went home disappointed.—
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He’s found himself inside a national park without a campsite on too many occasions, some times with small children and a disappointed wife in tow.—
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Brief yet dense and full of misanthropic humor, Portal holds the hell up nearly twenty years later.—
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But, then, genuine misanthropic disdain is part of Verhoeven's tool kit.—
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With General Manager Pat Verbeek rolling over his unfulfilled promise of a major offseason from the summer of 2024 to 2025 and the OC Vibe entertainment complex taking shape, the Ducks will likely seek a coach of renown among other aggressive investments.—
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Despite going on to write for Dr. Dre and sign a production deal with Eminem’s recording engineer Mike Strange, Farris felt unfulfilled and sought a way to support emerging hip-hop talent.—
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When Adam Neumann launched Flow, his residential real-estate venture, a little over three years ago, a lot of people were skeptical.—
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Still, the man who brought the game to life is skeptical.—
Cite this Entry
“Disillusioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disillusioned. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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