UNDECEIVED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

undeceived

verb

past tense of undeceive

as in disabused

to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes promptly undeceived the young woman about the sincerity of the man's intentions

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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

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Both could have been considered lapsed Catholics, disillusioned with the church’s position on homosexuality and its insistence that divorcees get an annulment before remarriage.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Both candidates are now making concerted efforts to win over voters disillusioned by their party’s promises.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disillusioned

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Maher says that the fact that more than half the states allow capital punishment, but are issuing fewer death sentences, shows that the American people are disenchanted with the use of the death penalty.

— Nate Perez, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
But the old dispensation was also something like the countryside of his childhood, which experience has disenchanted.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of disenchanted

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