Synonyms for Disillusion:

• n.

  •
  • get down,
  • cast a shadow over something,
  • throw/pour cold water on something,
  • let down,
  • dash someone's hopes.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • disenchantment,
  • unfulfillment,
  • disillusionments,
  • nonsuccess,
  • adverse fate,
  • non-success,
  • the knocks,
  • bafflement,
  • lack of success,
  • disillusionment.
  •disenchant (noun)
  • pull the ground from under,
  • break the spell,
  • let the air out of,
  • undeceive,
  • free from illusion,
  • let down easy,
  • show the feet of clay,
  • bring down,
  • knock the props from under.
  •second thought (noun)
  • after thought,
  • better thoughts,
  • thinking again,
  • arriere-pensee,
  • esprit d'escalier.
  •surprise (noun)
  • eureka,
  • eye-opener,
  • epiphanies,
  • thunderbolt,
  • curveball,
  • Astoundment,
  • bombshell,
  • whammy,
  • suddenness,
  • thunderbolts,
  • bombshells,
  • eye-openers,
  • precipitousness.

• v.

  •disabuse (verb)
  • de bunking,
  • dis-abusing,
  • dis-abused,
  • dis abuse,
  • de-bunk,
  • de bunked,
  • de bunk,
  • ex-pose,
  • ex posed,
  • de-bunks,
  • de bunks,
  • ex pose,
  • dis-abuse,
  • ex-posing,
  • ex-posed,
  • de-bunking,
  • de-bunked,
  • dis abuses,
  • dis abused,
  • dis-abuses,
  • dis abusing.
  •disappoint (verb)
  • dash,
  • discourage,
  • thwart,
  • disconcert,
  • dishearten.
  •disenchant (verb)
  • embitter,
  • bring down to earth,
  • open one's eyes,
  • Disenthrall,
  • burst the bubble.
  •dismay (verb)
  • throws into tizzy,
  • be-wilder,
  • gat to,
  • be-wildering,
  • dis quiet,
  • be wilders,
  • dis-mayed,
  • be wildering,
  • up-sets,
  • be wilder,
  • threw in to a tizzy,
  • un-nerve,
  • dis-may,
  • up sets,
  • un hinges,
  • throwing in to tizzy,
  • dis courage,
  • dis-comfit,
  • throwing in to a tizzy,
  • mucks up,
  • dis quieting,
  • un-nerves,
  • dis-tressed,
  • dis-mays,
  • throwing into tizzy,
  • throws in to tizzy,
  • un-nerving,
  • dis-composed,
  • dis composed,
  • throwing into a tizzy,
  • un nerve,
  • dis-courages,
  • un hinging,
  • dis-compose,
  • snafuing,
  • threw into a tizzy,
  • be wildered,
  • up-set,
  • dis courages,
  • dis-quiets,
  • up setting,
  • gotten to,
  • threw in to tizzy,
  • dis comfit,
  • dis composing,
  • dis quieted,
  • un-hinges,
  • mucking up,
  • dis quiets,
  • up-setting,
  • un-hinged,
  • un-hinge,
  • dis-courage,
  • un nerves,
  • dis tressed,
  • dis-quiet,
  • threw into tizzy,
  • throw in to tizzy,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis compose,
  • be-wilders,
  • dis-quieted,
  • dis-maying,
  • throws in to a tizzy,
  • un-hinging,
  • un nerved,
  • dis-composes,
  • un nerving,
  • dis-comfits,
  • be-wildered,
  • un hinged,
  • dis maying,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis mays,
  • dis may,
  • un hinge,
  • dis composes,
  • throw in to a tizzy,
  • throws into a tizzy.
  •embitter (verb)
  • dis affects,
  • dis affect,
  • ex acerbating,
  • dis affecting,
  • dis-affects,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • ex-asperates,
  • dis-affected,
  • ex acerbates,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • ex acerbated,
  • dis-affect,
  • makes resentful,
  • ex asperate,
  • making resentful,
  • made bitter,
  • ex asperates,
  • ex-acerbate,
  • ex-asperated,
  • making bitter,
  • ex acerbate,
  • made resentful,
  • ex-asperating,
  • ex-asperate,
  • ex asperating,
  • dis affected,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • makes bitter,
  • dis-affecting.
  •let down (verb)
  • de pressed,
  • leaving stranded,
  • de-pressing,
  • de-press,
  • leaved stranded,
  • de-presses,
  • de press,
  • de-pressed,
  • de pressing,
  • falls short,
  • fell short,
  • leaves stranded,
  • de presses.
  •puncture (verb)
  • dis crediting,
  • knocking bottom out,
  • poked full of holes,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis-prove,
  • poke full holes,
  • knocking props from under,
  • blowing sky high,
  • knocked props from under,
  • dis-credit,
  • shoot full holes,
  • dis credited,
  • dis credits,
  • pokes full of holes,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • takes down a peg,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • poked full holes,
  • dis-credits,
  • blows sky high,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis-proved,
  • dis prove,
  • dis proved,
  • poking full holes,
  • took wind out sails,
  • shooting full holes,
  • shoots full holes,
  • dis credit,
  • take wind out sails,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • takes down peg,
  • taking down a peg,
  • dis proves,
  • dis-credited,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • taking down peg,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • knocked bottom out,
  • shot full of holes,
  • pokes full holes,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • shot full holes,
  • blew sky high,
  • knocks props from under,
  • took down peg,
  • poking full of holes,
  • dis-crediting,
  • knocks bottom out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • wear down,
  • scupper,
  • demoralize.
  •
  • demolish,
  • deflate.
  •
  • weaken.
  •
  • break.
  •disappoint
  • disenchant,
  • cast down,
  • stood up,
  • come to nothing,
  • standing up,
  • casting down,
  • disenchanting,
  • bring to naught,
  • dash hopes,
  • dashed hopes,
  • founders,
  • stand up,
  • fall short of,
  • fall down on,
  • disenchants,
  • not show,
  • fall flat,
  • ruin prospects,
  • dashing hopes.
  •dismay
  • mystified,
  • gets to,
  • getting to,
  • get to,
  • taking aback,
  • take aback,
  • muck up,
  • mystify,
  • took aback,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • mucked up,
  • snafued,
  • got to,
  • throw into tizzy,
  • up set,
  • takes aback.
  •embitter
  • make resentful,
  • Bittering,
  • make bitter,
  • exacerbate,
  • Poisoned,
  • bittered,
  • venoming,
  • bitters,
  • venomed.
  •let down
  • fall short,
  • leave in lurch,
  • left stranded,
  • falling short,
  • leave stranded.
  •Other relevant words:
  • blackball,
  • wake up,
  • jade,
  • thumbs-down,
  • realize,
  • sophistication,
  • disillusioned,
  • disesteem,
  • sicken,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • disfavor,
  • let in on,
  • displease,
  • frustration,
  • let into,
  • discontentment,
  • dissatisfy,
  • foil,
  • ban,
  • tantalise,
  • show up,
  • poison,
  • baffle,
  • repel,
  • second thought,
  • balk,
  • Disillusionize,
  • set right,
  • disapprobation,
  • disabused,
  • arousal,
  • disgruntlement,
  • protest,
  • disagreement,
  • objection,
  • humble,
  • awaken to,
  • disenthral,
  • discontent,
  • turn,
  • awaken,
  • debunking,
  • nauseate,
  • expose,
  • defeat,
  • Uncharm,
  • anticlimax,
  • displeasure,
  • sophisticate,
  • ruin,
  • ostracism,
  • fail,
  • depress,
  • set straight,
  • awakening,
  • convince,
  • unhappiness,
  • letdown,
  • Disentrance,
  • consciousness,
  • disgust,
  • complaint,
  • rejection,
  • evanescence,
  • dim view,
  • put straight,
  • debunk,
  • sadden,
  • exclusion,
  • tantalize,
  • unspell,
  • destroy,
  • disrespect,
  • disillusioning,
  • free,
  • enlighten,
  • educate,
  • Blackballing,
  • alienate,
  • opposition,
  • enlightenment,
  • bilk,
  • awake,
  • disapproval,
  • letter,
  • frustrate,
  • edification,
  • disaffect,
  • repulse,
  • awareness,
  • let,
  • dissent,
  • upset,
  • tease,
  • bring up short,
  • correct,
  • Unblindfold,
  • undeceived,
  • discontentedness,
  • cool,
  • offend,
  • indignation,
  • opposure,
  • cross,
  • distaste,
  • tell the truth,
  • bore,
  • Unbeguile.

Paraphrases for Disillusion:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disenchantment.
  • Verb, base form
    disappoint.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disillusionment.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dismay, deception.
  • Verb, base form
    deceive.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disappointment, frustration, delusion.

Antonyms for Disillusion:

• v.

  • disenchant
    make happy.
  • Other antonyms:
    cozen, enthral, dupe, trick, misrepresent, ravish, delight, enthrall, beguile, delude, misguide, bluff, misinform, enchant, kid, transport, fool, hoodwink, gull, snow, enrapture, mislead, hoax.

Homophones for Disillusion:

• decalcomania.