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Definition: Disillusioned |
DisillusionedAdjective1. Freed from illusion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disillusioned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Synonym: DisillusionedSynonym: enlightened (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Disillusioned |
| Specialty definitions using "disillusioned": Bible. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Disillusioned Bluebird (1944) Disillusioned (1914) | |
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Economic History | Ireland | Many public sector employees are now claiming that they cannot afford to purchase residential property and in the absence of a structured and regulated rental sector, they are becoming increasingly disillusioned. (references) |
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| "Disillusioned" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 42.94% of the time. "Disillusioned" is used about 170 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 42.94% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 37.06% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 18.82% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 170 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
disillusioned | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "disillusioned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 幻灭 (disillusioning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | teleurgesteld worden (be disappointed, become disillusioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | seniluziiĝi (become disillusioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | désabusé (disenchanted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | desillusionierte (disenchanted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απαγοητευμένος (disappointed), απογοητευμένος (disappointed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiábrándult (disenchanted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isillusionedday deziluzionat (disappointed). (various references) разочаровать разочарованный. (various references) desilusionado (disappointed, disillusion, jaundiced). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Disillusioned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desillusioned, disallusioned, disalusioned, disillusiones, dissallusioned. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disillusioned" (pronounced di'suluw"zhund) |
| 4 | -zh u n d | envisioned, occasioned. |
| 3 | -u n d | abandoned, aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, brightened, broadened, burdened, burgeoned, buttoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cordoned, cottoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, destined, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disheartened, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, emboldened, engined, enlightened, enlivened, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, fattened, flattened, frightened, functioned, gardened, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hardened, hastened, heartened, heightened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lengthened, lessened, ligand, lightened, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, overburdened, pardoned, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predestined, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, saddened, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, shortened, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, straightened, strengthened, summoned, sweetened, thickened, thousand, threatened, tightened, toughened, unburdened, unbuttoned, undetermined, unenlightened, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, widened, wizened, worsened. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-i-i-l-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: disillusion. | |
-4 letters: delusions, illusions, insidious. | |
-5 letters: delusion, dullness, elisions, elusions, idolised, idolises, illusion, insouled, isolines, lionised, lionises, loudness, oiliness, sinusoid, unsoiled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 69 6C 6C 75 73 69 6F 6E 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .. .-.. .-.. ..- ... .. --- -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01101001 01101100 01101100 01110101 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s i l l u s i o n e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0069 006C 006C 0075 0073 0069 006F 006E 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758575787887857581807170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, chino |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holandés |
Esperanto | vortaro, difino, traduko | 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, eszperanto, eszperantó, эсперанто, esperanto |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, neamţ, немецкий, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greacã, греческий, грек, griego |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, húngaro |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, român, румынский, румын, rumano |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruso |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglan, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, englezesc, английский, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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