Once you start dating the sleazy old professor, disillusionment sets in.
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Disillusionment
//ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt//
Synonyms for "disillusionment" (65 found)
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36 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 失望 noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- 幻滅 /幻灭 noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- 幻滅 /幻灭 noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
Czech
1 entries- deziluze noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Dutch
1 entries- desillusie noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Esperanto
4 entries- disreviĝo noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- elrevigo noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
- elreviĝo noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- seniluziiĝo noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
French
2 entries- désillusion noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- désillusion noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
Galician
1 entries- desilusión noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
German
4 entries- Desillusionierung noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- Desillusionierung noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
- Enttäuschung noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- Ernüchterung noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Greek
1 entries- απογοήτευση noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Hungarian
1 entries- kiábrándulás noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Japanese
3 entries- 失望 noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- 幻滅 noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- 幻滅 noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
Māori
2 entries- matekiritanga noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- whakamatekiritanga noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
Polish
1 entries- rozczarowanie noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Russian
4 entries- круше́ние иллю́зий noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
- разочаро́ванность noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- разочарова́ние noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- разочарова́ние noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
Spanish
3 entries- desilusionamiento noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
- desilusión noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- desilusión noun (act of freeing from an illusion)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розчаро́ваність noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
- розчарува́ння noun (feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The aphorism is, how to say it?, the champagne of melancholia; each short statement encapsulates years of disillusionment distilled in a moment of intoxication.
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Widespread unemployment and disillusionment about the political process have kept many young people away from the polls in this year's elections.
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Tom's disillusionment was obvious.
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