The boys became disillusioned about the romance of camping once the heavy rains collapsed their tent and soaked their bedding. ... a chic forty-year-old who is disillusioned but not embittered (New Yorker).
a painful disillusion.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
dis|il|lu|sion|er — «DIHS ih LOO zhuh nuhr», noun. a person or thing that disillusions … Useful english dictionary
dis|pos|ses|sion — «DIHS puh ZEHSH uhn», noun. 1. the act of dispossessing: »The long process of dispossession…has all but stripped the Indians of their resources (Harper s). 2. the state of being dispossessed … Useful english dictionary
dis|il|lu|sion|ist — «DIHS ih LOO zhuh nihst», noun. = disillusioner. (Cf. ↑disillusioner) … Useful english dictionary
dis|il|lu|sion|ize — «DIHS ih LOO zhuh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. = disillusion. (Cf. ↑disillusion) … Useful english dictionary
dis|il|lu|sion|ment — «DIHS ih LOO zhehn muhnt», noun. 1. the process of disillusioning. 2. the state of being disillusioned: »Ravel s great orchestral suite, La Valse, is a brilliant study of the composer s own disillusionment (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
dis·il·lu·sion — … Useful english dictionary
dis — dis·accord; dis·advantage; dis·affect; dis·aggregate; dis·ap·pear; dis·array; dis·bar; dis·burse; dis·card; dis·charge; dis·ci·ple; dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an; dis·ci·pline; dis·claim; dis·close; dis·co; dis·co·glos·sid; dis·coid; dis·coi·dal;… … English syllables
sion — abra·sion; ab·scis·sion; ab·ster·sion; ac·cen·sion; ac·ces·sion·al; ad·he·sion; ad·he·sion·al; ad·mis·sion; ad·pro·mis·sion; af·fu·sion; ag·gres·sion; al·li·sion; al·lu·sion; am·bi·ver·sion; an·i·mad·ver·sion; an·te·ver·sion; an·ti·mis·sion;… … English syllables
dis|pas´sion|ate|ness — dis|pas|sion|ate «dihs PASH uh niht», adjective. free from emotion or prejudice; calm and impartial: »To a dispassionate observer, the drivers of both cars seemed equally to blame for the accident. SYNONYM(S): composed, cool. –dis|pas´sion|ate|ly … Useful english dictionary
dis|pas´sion|ate|ly — dis|pas|sion|ate «dihs PASH uh niht», adjective. free from emotion or prejudice; calm and impartial: »To a dispassionate observer, the drivers of both cars seemed equally to blame for the accident. SYNONYM(S): composed, cool. –dis|pas´sion|ate|ly … Useful english dictionary
