- present participle of disillusion.
disillusioning
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Observers also say a guilty verdict could risk disillusioning young Indonesians who want to pursue a career in government.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It would end, perhaps, with the bitter, disillusioning coda of Oppenheimer’s postwar career, during which he would speak out against nuclear proliferation but never express public regret for the bomb’s Japanese casualties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
The exhibition is as disillusioning about any reflexive association of the Renaissance with pervasive humanism as it is about the Tudors themselves.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
Dr. Chen described the experience of the last year as traumatic and deeply disillusioning.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticli- mactic and even disillusioning.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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