disabusing

verb

present participle of disabuse
as in disillusioning
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes let me disabuse you of your foolish notions

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Recent Examples of disabusing This is also why disabusing new believers of such opinions can feel like plucking shell fragments from a cooking omelet. — Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabusing
  1. disillusioning
  2. advising
  3. disenchanting
  4. telling
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  • For many observers of American politics, the past few years have been disillusioning, knocking down hopeful beliefs about what the people of the United States will support or tolerate.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And what seemed most probably was a blip ultimately dominoed into the disillusioning 2025 season that will come to a merciful end on Sunday in Las Vegas.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
Definition of disillusioning
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  • His family, including Riley, helped to fill the void, advising them on how best to bring the five bodies of work into dialogue.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Range Founding Partner Jack Whigham is advising on the Paramount deal and will serve in an advisory and producing role on various projects.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of advising
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  • The pastor approaches the line without fully disenchanting; a magician drawing attention to the trick without disowning its power.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of disenchanting
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  • Those are police officers and people up high at CPD, literally calling me, meeting with us, telling us that morale’s at an all-time low.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Dawadi ordered those already there to leave and called bus drivers, telling them to only stop at safer places.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of telling

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“Disabusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabusing. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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