	Appearance
✓	Use device theme
✓	Dark theme
✓	Light theme

What is another word for disillusion?

Need synonyms for disillusion? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

Contexts ▼

Verb

To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment

To feel, or cause to feel, disheartened after learning the truth about something

To become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted

To cause to feel less close or friendly

To fail to meet expectations or cause disillusionment, resulting in disappointment

Disappointment resulting from not having one's expectations met

Feelings of doubt or apprehension about something

A feeling of mild astonishment or shock caused by something unexpected

… more ▼

Verb

▲

To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment

“Is that wait of an extra couple of months going to disillusion people about this new democracy?”

Verb

▲

To feel, or cause to feel, disheartened after learning the truth about something

dampen the spirits of

burst bubble

shatter the illusions of

fail

take the wind out of your sails

fail to satisfy

break one's promise to

fall short of expectations

demoralize^US

terrorize^US

appal^UK

appall^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

demoralise^UK

terrorise^UK

fill with consternation

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

put someone off their stroke

knock the stuffing out of

make one's hair stand on end

agonize^US

traumatize^US

agonise^UK

give someone the blues

jar

tick off

set someone back on their heels

traumatise^UK

make someone scratch their head

stop someone in their tracks

bowl over

hurt somebody's feelings

antagonize^US

scare the bejesus out of

scare the pants off

antagonise^UK

devastate

lie heavy on

give someone goose pimples

scare someone out of their wits

scare the living daylights out of

put the fear of God into

take by surprise

electrify

give a hard time

throw into a blue funk

dampen spirits

make unhappy

make one's blood run cold

cause to be at a stand

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone's hair stand on end

throw off

persecute

put out of countenance

pull the rug from under

benumb

put someone off their stride

pull the rug out from under

take your breath away

make someone jump out of their skin

frighten someone out of their wits

send into a cold sweat

make someone's blood run cold

make someone shake in their shoes

frighten the life out of

scare the life out of

frighten to death

scare the hell out of

frighten the living daylights out of

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

dump on

bring tears to your eyes

mess with someone's head

knock out

make one's heart bleed

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

knock the wind out of

undermine one's confidence

harsh one's mellow

scare the daylights out of

cause someone to lose their composure

tease

blind someone with something

hinder

castrate

completely surprise

raise someone's eyebrows

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

balk^US

baulk^UK

sap the confidence of

chill someone's blood

make fearful

give someone a fright

make someone's hair curl

weigh heavily on one's mind

dampen someone's hopes

harsh someone's mellow

make someone's heart bleed

keep under

make desolate

hang over

break someone's spirit

break someone's heart

tyrannize^US

tread on someone's toes

cause offense

be an affront to

be offensive

put someone's nose out of joint

frighten out of your wits

scare the pants off of

give someone the hump

tyrannise^UK

scare someone half to death

more ❯

“I would hate to disillusion anyone, but my impression is that none of those slogans mean anything more than they say.”

Verb

▲

To become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted

embitter

antagonise^UK

antagonize^US

Verb

To cause to feel less close or friendly

antagonise^UK

antagonize^US

drive a wedge between

set at variance

sever connections between

push away

cause antagonism between

drive away

keep apart

turn off

leave out in the cold

sever relationships

sow dissension between

put at a distance

set at odds with

destroy the affections of

set against one another

cause disagreement between

put at odds

pit against one another

destroy relationships

withdraw the affections of

lose the affection of

distance oneself

disconnect

set someone against someone else

cause hostility between

reach a parting of the ways

more ❯

Verb

▲

To fail to meet expectations or cause disillusionment, resulting in disappointment

fall short of expectation

Noun

Disappointment resulting from not having one's expectations met

more ❯

“And as a result, in place of the kindled hopes and artificially aroused excitement comes disillusion and apathy.”

Noun

▲

Feelings of doubt or apprehension about something

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

expectation of the worst

low spirits

negativism

bad attitude

chip on your shoulder

looking on the dark side

looking on the black side

butterflies in the stomach

lack of confidence in

backwardness in coming forward

more ❯

Noun

▲

A feeling of mild astonishment or shock caused by something unexpected

	Find more words!








disillusion
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

Related Words and Phrases

What is another word for disillusion?

Need synonyms for disillusion? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

Related Words and Phrases

See Also