Synonyms of disillusionment

disillusionment

noun

as in disenchantment

Related Words

• disenchantment
• discontent
• discontentment
• sadness
• unhappiness
• sorrow
• dejection
• disgruntlement
• melancholy
• oppression
• displeasure
• distress
• discontentedness
• dissatisfaction
• disappointment
• gloominess
• blues
• dreariness
• gloom
• joylessness
• despondency
• dumps
• frustration
• depression
• dismay
• crestfallenness
• downheartedness
• dolor
• doldrums
• discomfiture
• desolation
• dejectedness
• letdown
• chagrin
• desolateness
• disconsolateness
• mopes
• dolefulness

Dissimilar Words

• satisfaction
• gratification
• contentment
• content
• fulfillment
• joy
• contentedness
• happiness
• bliss
• gladness
• felicity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disillusionment

After his father’s death, French philosopher Eribon’s trip to his hometown catalyzes a profound meditation on the socioeconomic tensions and disillusionment felt by many young French people. — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Such disillusionment does not necessarily represent a permanent shift toward Democrats. — Katherine Doyle, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

By mid-2013, mass disillusionment with the Brotherhood provided fertile ground for a military comeback. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Yet, in The Radiance, the students receive the lion’s share of the scrutiny while their teachers’ vanity and self-interest pass as disillusionment. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Analysts cited by the Los Angeles Times described Latino shifts toward Trump as reflecting disillusionment with Democrats’ economic and immigration messaging, rather than a durable ideological conversion to Trumpism. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Campus protests, organized by 20-something college students, have come to define young Americans’ growing disillusionment. — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

It’s grown in the years since, as disillusionment with dating apps has risen, loneliness remains pervasive, and a generation raised on screens is sold solutions like AI lovers. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Cruz plays the wife whose disillusionment becomes the story’s emotional core, opposite Bardem as an architect drawn into building a survivalist bunker for a reclusive tech billionaire. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026