disillusion
verb (used with object)
to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
were disillusioning
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past progressiveof disillusion.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Did you have experiences with your first album that were disillusioning?
From Time ● Sep. 29, 2016
Few of the 2,600 delegates and other members present would dispute that the Socialists, along with their Communist allies in government, were disillusioning much of an electorate that had turned leftward in hope of change.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was an idealistic Communist in those days, but two trips to the Soviet Union in the 1920s were disillusioning.
From Time Magazine Archive
