- past tense form of disillusion.
- past participle of disillusion.
disillusioned
Example Sentences
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Disillusioned by painting around 1913, Duchamp employed these objects to shift art from optical pleasure to conceptual provocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Disillusioned with Britain's expanding imperialism, Stanley quit the diplomatic service in 1858 and decided to become a Muslim some months later while travelling in Arabia.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Disillusioned with subjective, surface-level modes of art-making, Gaines began to question his purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
Norm Ornstein is emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and co-author of the bestselling book "One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported."
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024
Disillusioned with political organizations, he had distilled his thoughts down to three or four basic ideas, on which he built his whole philosophy.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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