disillusion

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. disillusionment, disenchantment, revelation; disappointment, cynicism. —v. t. disenchant, disabuse, remove the scales from one's eyes, enlighten; disappoint, puncture one's balloon, pour cold water on, deflate, bring down to earth, debunk (inf.). See disclosure.

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(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. disenchant, disenthrall, shatter one's illusions, free from illusion, disabuse, undeceive, embitter, open one's eyes, let down easy*, pull the ground from under*, burst the bubble*, break the spell*, knock the props from under*, bring down to earth*, bring down*, let the air out of*, send one's air castles tumbling*, show the feet of clay*; see also disappoint .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.

[dis i LOO szhun]

to remove faulty perceptions and see things as they really are.

Children eventually become disillusioned with Santa Claus.

SYN.: disenchant, disabuse, disappoint, enlighten, *bring down to earth, *burst one's bubble, open one's eyes, *clue in, shatter illusions.

ANT.: enchant, spellbind, deceive