to disenchant

Examples

• All

• Parents disenchanted with perceived low achievement charge that the middle school's child-centered focus gives scant attention to academic achievement (Beane 1999a, 1999b).

  Academic text (2001)

• These individuals have difficulty shedding pounds and thus have become disenchanted by the whole process.

  Blog text (18)

• Education is one of the social processes that disenchants us, but it also has the capacity to help re-enchant our world.

  Academic text (1995)

• At the outset, citizens were disenchanted with Kim Young Sam's success.

  Academic text (2004)

• Sections of the industrial capitalists are disenchanted with the system of bureaucratic controls in general.

  Academic text (1997)

• "The advertisement has obvious appeal to those disenchanted with aggressive, judgment-laden journalism.

  Academic text (2000)

• His first converts were Christian knights who'd also become disenchanted by the bloodshed.

  The Order (2001)

• After years of disappointment, she finally became disenchanted with the promises of the political leaders.

• Many fans became disenchanted after the latest film did not meet their expectations.

• The students felt disenchanted with the educational system after consistently receiving poor guidance from their teachers.

Synonyms

D

to disillusion

vsto disenchant

18 6.4

To make someone realize that something they believed is not true

focuses on freeing someone from false or unrealistic belief rather than just awareness

D

to disabuse

vsto disenchant

• Formal

7 8.8

To show someone that a belief they have is wrong

focuses on freeing someone from false or unrealistic belief rather than only persuading

D

disillusioning

vsto disenchant

2 6.7

Making someone see that something is not as good as it seemed

focuses on freeing someone from false or unrealistic belief rather than only showing disappointment

U

to undeceive

vsto disenchant

1 9.9

Make someone stop believing something false

concentrates on freeing someone from false or unrealistic belief rather than only correcting deception

U

to unconvince

vsto disenchant

1 9.0

Make someone stop believing something they used to think

focuses on freeing someone from false or unrealistic belief rather than just reversing acceptance

D

to disenthrall

vsto disenchant

• Archaic

1 9.9

To free someone from control or false ideas

applies to freeing from false or unrealistic belief rather than physical control

U

to unspell

vsto disenchant

1 9.9

To remove a magic spell from someone or something

applies more broadly to stopping unrealistic beliefs, not only to literal magic

D

disenchanting

vsto disenchant

7.5

Making someone or something seem less special by showing the truth

focuses on freeing people from illusion rather than only reducing something's appeal

Antonyms

C

to captivate

19 4.2

To attract and hold someone's full attention

E

to enchant

17 4.8

To make someone feel very pleased and amazed as if by magic

How Disenchanted

to disenchant

2 7.1

to disabuse

• Formal

7 8.8

to disappoint

492 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology