What is another word for disabused?

Pronunciation: [dˌɪsɐbjˈuːsd] (IPA)

Disabused typically refers to the act of correcting a false belief or misconception. Synonyms for disabused include enlightened, informed, clarified, corrected, educated, set straight, undeceived, and disillusioned. To be enlightened means to be given information that leads to a more comprehensive understanding. Being clarified is having misunderstandings eliminated. To be educated is having knowledge imparted to oneself. Being set straight means being shown the correct way. To be undeceived is to have the untruths stripped from one's belief. To be disillusioned is to be disappointed by a realization of the truth. All of these synonyms can be used in place of disabused to convey the act of correction.

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What are the opposite words for disabused?

The word "disabused" refers to the process of taking someone out of their illusions, false beliefs, or misunderstandings. The antonyms for disabused are delude, deceive, mislead, misguide, and hoodwink. Delude refers to the act of making someone believe something untrue. Deceive is used when one intentionally misleads others by telling lies. Mislead suggests providing false or misleading information. Misguide refers to giving faulty instructions or advice. Hoodwink means to deceive or trick someone by giving false information or by concealing the truth. All these words represent the opposite of disabused, as they relate to leading someone into a false belief rather than correcting their misconceptions.

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Usage examples for Disabused

Even in the most disabused of minds there remains a nook of fancy and hope.
"The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2"
Emile Zola
I disabused him, but he did not seem the least ashamed.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
If he is disabused of his fictitious ideas by the appearance of the truth, so much the better for him; and so much the worse for both of us, if we decide on marrying without the slightest knowledge of each other's habits and ways of thought.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Famous quotes with Disabused

  • I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it.
    Morgan Freeman

Related words: to deprive of belief or hope; to dissuade from belief or hope; to free from illusion or error; free from the influence of drugs or alcohol; to free from the influence of a drug or narcotic; to free from false instruction or misleading information

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