robbed of illusion



disappointed, disenchanted, disillusioned, enlightened, sophisticated, undeceived ,

   junky - affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bogus, cheap, coloured, counterfeit, distorted, dummy, embellished, embroidered, ersatz, fake,

   benightedness - barbarism, blind spot, blinding, cataract, dark, darkness, glaucoma, heathenism, ignorance, paganism, provincialism, savagery ,

   personal property - belongings, effects, good ,

   vermilion - Titian, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cerise, cherry, cherry-coloured, cherry-red, crimson, damask, fiery, fire-red, flame-coloured, flame-red,

   non-objective - biased, chauvinistic, coloured, doctrinaire, dogmatic, influenced, interested, jaundiced, know-nothing, one-sided, opinionated, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prepossessed,

   of sorts - another, betwixt and between, dull, else, fair, fair to middling, indifferent, insipid, lacklustre, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, modest, other,

   gauziness - airiness, clarity, delicacy, exiguity, frailty, lightness, lucidity, rarity, thinness, vagueness, weakness ,

   fig out - adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, colour, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish,

   lodge a plaint - accuse, allege, arraign, article, book, bring charges, charge, cite, complain, denounce, denunciate, fasten upon, finger, impeach, imply,

   gape for - ache, clamour for, cry for, hope, itch for, long, pant, pine, spoil for, wish for, yearn for, yen for ,