disabuse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DISABUSE

to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes <let me disabuse you of your foolish notions about married life>

Synonyms disabuse, disenchant, undeceive

Related Words sophisticate; advise, apprise, clue (in), fill in, wise (up); debunk, expose, refute, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, spill, tell, unveil

Near Antonyms beguile, bluff, cozen, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, snow, take in, trick

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