Deflated disappointment
Disillusioned
Also known as disenchanted
Strength 3 of 4
The slow letdown of seeing that something or someone you believed in isn’t what you thought, leaving the faith you once had in it hollowed out.
In the body
- A dull heaviness in the chest
- Eyes losing their brightness
- A hollow, emptied-out feeling inside
Needs behind it
Softer and stronger
- Dissatisfied
- Disappointed
- Disillusioned
- Dismayed
Often confused with
Cynical
Disillusioned is the fresh loss of a belief you once held; cynical is a settled expectation that people and motives will disappoint.
Disappointed
Disappointed follows one hope that didn’t come true; disillusioned is losing a belief you held in someone or something altogether.