The Only Use of
disillusion
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- When Pete gave the signal, Louie would stretch out his long legs and his opponents would scatter and drop away, in the words of a reporter, "sadly disheartened and disillusioned."†
p. 19.4disillusioned = disappointed from losing false belief that something is better than it is; or the removal of such a belief
Definition:
disappoint by removal of false belief that something is better than it is