disenchantment
disenchantment — noun
1. the unhappy feeling you get when you stop trusting or admiring something, often
the unhappy feeling you get when you stop trusting or admiring something, often because you have found out what is wrong with it
Years of broken promises led to deep disenchantment among the town's young voters.
disenchantment among [a group of people]
Camila felt a growing disenchantment with her job after the company cut everyone's pay.
disenchantment with [something] for the cause
There was widespread disenchantment with the new mayor by the end of his first year.
Andrew left the church gradually, his early faith fading into quiet disenchantment.
The fans expressed their disenchantment by leaving the stadium long before the match ended.
- disillusionment
very close in meaning; stresses the loss of a false belief or idol
- disappointment
milder and broader; can be a one-off let-down rather than a lasting loss of faith
- cynicism
a settled distrust of others' motives, not just the moment of losing faith
- enchantment
the delighted, charmed feeling that disenchantment replaces
- enthusiasm
eager interest and approval, the opposite mood
文法句型
disenchantment with [something]
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'with' to name the thing that has lost its appeal (disenchantment with politics, with the system). Subject of the feeling is often a group rather than one named person.