disillusionment

disillusionment
Synonyms and related words:
bafflement, balk, ban, betrayed hope, blackball, blackballing, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, buffet, comedown, complaint, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, defeat, dim view, disagreement, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, discomfiture, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disgruntlement, disillusion, displeasure, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissent, distaste, exclusion, failure, fallen countenance, fiasco, fizzle, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, hope deferred, indignation, letdown, low estimation, low opinion, mirage, objection, opposition, opposure, ostracism, protest, rejection, setback, sore disappointment, tantalization, tease, thumbs-down, unhappiness

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  • disillusionment — [dis΄i lo͞o′zhənmənt] n. 1. an act of disillusioning 2. the fact or state of being disillusioned * * * See disillusion. * * * …   Universalium

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  • disillusionment — 1856, from DISILLUSION (Cf. disillusion) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • disillusionment — [dis΄i lo͞o′zhənmənt] n. 1. an act of disillusioning 2. the fact or state of being disillusioned …   English World dictionary

  • disillusionment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, popular (esp. AmE), public, widespread ▪ growing ▪ political VERB + DISILLUSIONMENT …   Collocations dictionary

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  • disillusionment — noun a) A feeling that arises from the discovery that something is not what it was anticipated to be, commonly held to be stronger than disappointment especially when a belief central to one’s identity is shown to be false. But till I am thirty,… …   Wiktionary

  • disillusionment — disillusion ► NOUN ▪ disappointment from discovering that something is not as good as one believed it to be. ► VERB ▪ cause to experience disillusion. DERIVATIVES disillusioned adjective disillusionment noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was first published in 1915, and it is in the public domain.[1]    Disillusionment of Ten O Clock  The houses are haunted  By white night gowns.… …   Wikipedia

  • disillusionment — noun see disillusion II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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