disillusioned

UK/dɪs.ɪˈluːʒənd/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,155 of 15,258leans written

Disillusioned means disappointed at finding something was not as believed. Grow disillusioned, disillusioned with politics, thoroughly disillusioned.

It says the belief was false rather than the outcome unlucky, which is what separates it from disappointed. Being disillusioned is a gain in truth and a loss in comfort at the same time.

Definitions of disillusioned

1adjectivedisillusionedDisappointed at finding something was not as believed.B2+
“After years of broken promises, many voters have become disillusioned with politics.”

disillusioned is a state.

Where it comes from

From disillusion + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

disillusioned in the wild

The story concerns a wealthy banker who, disillusioned with women, decides that the only mate for him would be an angel.
I Married an Angel
As Crane neared the age of forty, he became disillusioned and grew tired of creating ads for products that he didn't believe in.
Brian Crane
However, Mackie was disillusioned with football by this point and so pre-empted the ban by voluntarily severing his interests.
Alex Mackie
"I can't remember people being as disillusioned with politics in Australia as they are now," he said in 2000.
Bear Pit (novel)
Based on Parappurath's novel of the same name, it recounts the quest for happiness by a nurse with the best of intentions, but she is disillusioned.
Anweshichu Kandethiyilla

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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