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
- 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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