disillusioning

1. 1.

   freeing from illusion or false belief

   Synonymsdisenchanting

   Similarconvincing

Questions about disillusioning

What does disillusioning mean?

disillusioning means "freeing from illusion or false belief".

How many syllables are in disillusioning?

disillusioning has 5 syllables: dis-il-lu-sio-ning. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /ˌdɪsɪˈluʒənɪŋ/.

What is another word for disillusioning?

Close synonyms include disenchanting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disillusioning a common word?

disillusioning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.