be disillusioned or disappointed

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• disillusioned — [adj] disappointed blasé, broken, brought down to earth*, debunked, disabused, disenchanted, disenthralled, disentranced, embittered, enlightened, freed, indifferent, knowing, let down, mondaine, out of love*, punctured, sadder and wiser*,… …   New thesaurus

• disillusioned — index cynical, disappointed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• disappointed — adjective crestfallen, dashed, defeated, dejected, despondent, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased, dissatisfied, distressed, foiled, forlorn, frustrated, letdown, put out, successless, thwarted,… …   Law dictionary

• disappointed — [adj] let down, saddened aghast, balked, beaten, chapfallen, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downcast,… …   New thesaurus

• disillusioned — dis|il|lu|sioned [ ,dısı luʒnd ] adjective disappointed because you have discovered that someone or something is not as good as you had believed: Disillusioned communists helped bring down the regime. disillusioned with: Voters are very… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• disillusioned — [[t]dɪ̱sɪlu͟ːʒ(ə)nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ with n If you are disillusioned with something, you are disappointed, because it is not as good as you had expected or thought. I ve become very disillusioned with politics... He had become… …   English dictionary

• disillusioned — UK [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ(ə)nd] / US [ˌdɪsɪˈluʒ(ə)nd] adjective disappointed because you have discovered that someone or something is not as good as you had believed Disillusioned teachers are leaving the profession in large numbers. disillusioned with:… …   English dictionary

• disillusioned — dis|il|lu|sioned [ˌdısıˈlu:ʒənd] adj disappointed because you have lost your belief that someone is good, or that an idea is right = ↑disenchanted disillusioned by/with ▪ As she grew older, Laura became increasingly disillusioned with politics …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• disappointed — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Displeased] Syn. dissatisfied, discouraged, frustrated, let down, unsatisfied, despondent, depressed, objecting, complaining, distressed, downcast, hopeless, disconcerted, disgruntled, disillusioned, laughing out of the… …   English dictionary for students

• disillusioned — adjective disappointed because you have lost your belief that someone is good, or that an idea is right (+ by/with): As she grew older, Laura grew increasingly disillusioned with politics …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disappointed — Synonyms and related words: against, baffled, balked, beefing, bellyaching, betrayed, bilked, bitching, blase, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, complaining, complaintful, con, crabbing, crabby, cranky, crestfallen, croaking, crossed, crushed,… …   Moby Thesaurus