Sample Sentences fordisillusion (editor-reviewed)
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She was at first excited to be involved, but soon grew disillusioned by the hard realities of politics.disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is
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She loves making music, but she became disillusioned with the music industry.
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Orwell wrote Animal Farm out of disillusionment with the communist movements around the world.disillusionment = disappointment from losing false belief that something is better than it is
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With the release of the Watergate tapes in the 1970s, many Americans became disillusioned with government.disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is
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Why should I disillusion them? (source)disillusion = disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is
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"Who wants a Winter Carnival?" he said in the disillusioned way he had lately developed when I brought it up. (source)disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is
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Her interpretation of his words disillusioned him. (source)disillusioned = disappointed by removing false belief that something is better than it is
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All Lev knows is that someday soon the world will suffer a small part of the loss and the emptiness and the utter disillusionment he feels inside.† (source)
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But however indubitable that conclusion and the officer's conviction based upon it, Pierre felt it necessary to disillusion him. (source)disillusion = disappoint by removing false belief that something is better than it is
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It was disillusioning to know how carelessly he used both to do laps in the heady pool of politics.† (source)
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Families used to stay in one village reliving the same disillusions.† (source)
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The truth seems to be that a long line of disillusive centuries has permanently displaced the Hellenic idea of life, or whatever it may be called.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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And it leads to very disillusioned lives.† (source)
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His initial anticipation of somehow being able to fight the dismissal gave way to sudden disillusionment.† (source)
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But I must disillusion you a little. (source)
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In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticlimactic and even disillusioning.† (source)
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