disillusionize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of disillusionize
First recorded in 1860–65; disillusion + -ize
Example Sentences
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"I should doubt whether her cure will be as prompt as you think, it seemed to me that her ideas were somewhat fixed, and it will need a good deal of failure to disillusionize her."
From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
He wondered how he could disillusionize her, shatter the dream which he could see had become a part of her life.
From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
We tend, I think, to look upon the advice that we give to young people as something that shall disillusionize them.
From Craftsmanship in Teaching by Bagley, William Chandler
She pictured Martha's shocked surprise at the very idea of staying in bed just for the fun of it, but she did not disillusionize Phyllis.
From Phyllis A Twin by Whitehill, Dorothy
Of course it helped to disillusionize him, and he began even to see that Gertrude was not as beautiful as he had once believed her to be.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
In fact, I was glad to be held up to ridicule, and, thus disillusionized, see my fault in its true colors.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
On the instant Frank drew in his breath and Edgar expected to see him drop his hand from the reins and sink back disillusionized and indifferent.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine
On this point he was soon painfully disillusionized.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
She was utterly disheartened, disillusionized at the thought.
From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.
At the moment, being somewhat disillusionized in both respects, I decided to tear myself away from this twofold preoccupation and to leave my uncle to his inventions and Bérangère to her sullen mood.
From The Three Eyes by Leblanc, Maurice
Even in the matter of disillusionizing a woman, they want to do that for themselves.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby
At the end of three disillusionizing weeks Abe Potash and Morris Perlmutter sat in the show-room of their place of business.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague
And as we awake and pay and depart, we turn and see again the disillusionizing legend:
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
When his earlier intention reoccurred to him in the train, he dismissed it with the thought that what he had seen would be more effective, more disillusionizing, than what he had merely heard.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
This was sadly disillusionizing to Littleton, and the second experience was no less so.
From Unleavened Bread by Grant, Robert
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