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Synonyms for disillusion


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-i-loo-zhuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs ɪˈlu ʒən



Définition of disillusion

Origin :
  • "to free or be freed from illusion," 1855, from a noun meaning "act of freeing from illusion" (1814); see dis- + illusion. Related: Disillusioned; disillusioning.
  • verb disenchant
Example sentences :
  • In "Lear," Shakespeare was intent on expressing his own disillusion and naked misery.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • His first disillusion was the house to which he was directed.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Bitterness and disillusion were all that it had brought her.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I drink the wine of aspiration, and the drug of disillusion.
  • Extract from : « The Little Dream (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The shadow of disillusion crept into his bright dream and clouded it.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • She did not disillusion him; to do so she would have had to tell him that she had lied.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • Under the sky of Paris and its cold light the disillusion began.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
  • Fortunate indeed is the disillusion which does not come too late.
  • Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
  • I should set it up on my writing table and call it 'Disillusion.'
  • Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
  • She yielded, but her husband's castle completed her disillusion.
  • Extract from : « Border Ghost Stories » by Howard Pease

Antonyms for disillusion

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