Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Disillusioned: Having lost one's ideals, hopes, or positive beliefs about something, often after discovering the truth is less pleasant than imagined.
   • Disenchanted: No longer feeling enthusiasm or belief in the value of something one previously admired or desired.

2. Verb (to become disillusioned):

   • The state of having one's illusions or dreams shattered, leading to disappointment.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Sau nhiều năm làm việc ở đó, anh ta trở nên hoàn toàn vỡ mộng. (After many years working there, he became completely disillusioned.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy vỡ mộng về chính trị. (She feels disenchanted with politics.)

• Verb (implied state):

  • Tôi đã vỡ mộng khi biết sự thật. (I was disillusioned when I learned the truth.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often describes a profound personal disappointment related to ideals, love, career, or a system (e.g., political, social).
• It implies a collapse of a previously held, often romanticized, mental construct ("mộng" meaning dream or illusion).

Variants and Related Words

• Sự vỡ mộng (n): Disillusionment, disenchantment.

  • Sự vỡ mộng của anh ấy là rất lớn. (His disillusionment was great.)

• Làm vỡ mộng (v): To disillusion, to shatter someone's illusions.

  • Kinh nghiệm đó đã làm vỡ mộng tôi. (That experience disillusioned me.)

Synonyms

• Disillusioned: Freed from false beliefs.
• Disenchanted: Disappointed after losing admiration.
• Disabused: Persuaded that an idea is false.
• Let down: Disappointed by a failure to meet expectations.

Related Idioms

• Vỡ mộng tình đầu: Disillusioned with one's first love.

  • Anh ấy vỡ mộng tình đầu sau cuộc chia tay. (He was disillusioned with his first love after the breakup.)

• Vỡ mộng giấc mơ hoa: To have one's "flower dream" shattered (i.e., to have a beautiful, idealized dream broken).

  • Cô ấy vỡ mộng giấc mơ hoa về thành phố lớn. (She had her idealized dream about the big city shattered.)