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adjective

Definition of disenchantednext
as in frustrated

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verb

past tense of disenchant
as in disillusioned
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you

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Recent Examples of disenchanted
Adjective
Dartmouth professor Jeff Friedman noted that younger voters grew up with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflicts that the public became disenchanted with. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026 Besides, the film will follow Paltrow’s celebrated appearance in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, which cast her as a glamorous but disenchanted wife to a very wealthy man. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
American workers are disenchanted, depressed and frustrated. — Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026 Advertisement That’s why much of my work now is focused on the young people who will soon be at the wheel; young people who are distraught and disenchanted by national and international institutions that have let so many down. — David Beasley, Time, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disenchanted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchanted
  1. frustrated
  2. disillusioned
  3. disappointed
  4. disabused
  5. unfulfilled
  6. dissatisfied
  7. discontented
  8. disgruntled
Adjective
  • Djokovic became so frustrated that he was given a code violation warning for smashing a racket, before eventually hauling himself over the line.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Keli Gonzalez, a painter the museum commissioned, became frustrated by the lack of female representation.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of frustrated
Verb
  • We might be disillusioned with voting.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • For a time, their actions inspired many climate and environmental activists who were disillusioned with nonviolence.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of disillusioned
Adjective
  • Some disappointed fans lingered near the barricades and boundaries police had set up and were enforcing.
    — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 July 2026
  • Given their expectations entering the day, Netcompany-INEOS will be deeply disappointed with Kevin Vauquelin’s puncture, their French leader having enjoyed such an impressive Tour last year.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of disappointed
Verb
  • This Penelope is knowing, gossipy, disabused.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Only when he was disabused of that notion, the source said, would the team’s fortunes change.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Definition of disabused
Adjective
  • This sentiment stems from accelerating inflation, a cooling labor market, modest productivity gains, and AI's unfulfilled promise of broad wage increases.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For instance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been politically weakened by the Iran war’s major objectives going unfulfilled.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of unfulfilled
Adjective
  • Inflation is a sore spot for Americans, who are growing more dissatisfied with the economy, according to polls and consumer surveys.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • Gen Zers are even more dissatisfied with their opportunities, Blanchflower says, amid factors like underemployment, the Covid-19 pandemic, war, trade tariffs, artificial intelligence, automation and job-hugging.
    — Jennifer Liu Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 29 June 2026
Definition of dissatisfied
Adjective
  • Fortunately the wig has had a second outing with Fouracres donning it again in Episode 7, when his parody Attenborough turned up to wrestle a discontented rhino during Weekend Update.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of discontented
Adjective
  • The committee said in the report that Coupang has been the target of discriminatory pressure from the South Korean government that intensified in 2025 after a data breach perpetrated by a disgruntled former employee.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • On the streets of Moscow, disgruntled drivers wait patiently for gasoline in a long line of cars and trucks amid an acute national shortage.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of disgruntled

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