All disillusion synonyms
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D d verb disillusion
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disabuse — to free (a person) from deception or error.
- open one's eyes — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- let down — British. a lease.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
noun disillusion
- arriere-pensee — an unrevealed thought or intention
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- disenchantment — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- suddenness — happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly: a sudden attack.
- bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- astoundment — the state of being astounded
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.