Synonyms of disillusion

disillusion 1 of 2

verb

as in to disabuse

to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes

we were disillusioned when we saw how the movie star acted in real life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disabuse
• undeceive
• disenchant
• advise
• tell
• clue (in)
• apprise
• wise (up)
• refute
• sophisticate
• expose
• fill in
• disclose
• debunk
• unmask
• divulge
• uncover
• show up
• spill
• unveil
• uncloak

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mislead
• delude
• fool
• snow
• bluff
• misrepresent
• beguile
• trick
• dupe
• take in
• hoodwink
• kid
• misinform
• misguide
• gull
• hoax
• cozen

disillusion

2 of 2

noun

as in disillusionment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disillusionment
• disenchantment
• uncertainty
• doubt
• skepticism
• suspicion
• incertitude
• incredulity
• disbelief
• dubiety
• unbelief
• dubiousness
• distrust
• misgiving
• mistrust
• nonconfidence
• misdoubt
• uncertainness
• mistrustfulness
• distrustfulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confidence
• trust
• faith
• stock
• conviction
• acceptance
• certainty
• assurance
• hope
• credence
• surety
• dependence
• credit
• certitude
• reliance
• assuredness
• positiveness
• sureness
• dependance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disillusion

Verb

Yet his years behind the scenes of the drug’s development left him and his family disillusioned. —Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025

Citing a number from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which says 74% of us are overweight, just before presenting its products as the future of health care, may appeal to those disillusioned with conventional methods of weight loss. —Eric Deggans, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025

Noun

Eventually, however, this optimism gave way to complacency, then doubts about the benefits of globalization and increasing disillusion among those left behind (notably European farmers). —Harold James, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021

Then came President Kais Saied, an uncharismatic constitutional lawyer, who was elected in 2019 on a populist anti-corruption platform that played to Tunisians’ post-revolutionary disillusion with political gridlock and economic stagnation. —Ian Bremmer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024