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单词 disenchanting
释义

disenchant

verb

dis·​en·​chant ˌdis-in-ˈchant How to pronounce disenchant (audio)
disenchanted; disenchanting; disenchants

transitive verb

: to free from illusion
disenchanter noun
disenchanting adjective
disenchantingly
ˌdis-in-ˈchan-tiŋ-lē How to pronounce disenchant (audio)
adverb
disenchantment
ˌdis-in-ˈchant-mənt How to pronounce disenchant (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • disabuse
  • disillusion
  • undeceive
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Example Sentences

if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you
Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile the pushback is being led by the very people who were considered a potential new support base for Modi and are now disenchanted with the lurch toward Hindu nationalism. Ronojoy Mazumdar, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020 The author is simultaneously desperate to be liked (and respected) by this group and increasingly disenchanted with the would-be FWP (First Woman President). EW.com, 10 Apr. 2020 Hurd opened Imagine after becoming disenchanted with his job as an English teacher. Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com, 31 Mar. 2020 As Detroit slogged to a 3-12-1 record last season, there were communication breakdowns on defense while rumors spread about discord among players disenchanted with Patricia’s management. Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2020 But despite being seen as one of the Renaissance’s guiding lights, McKay — Jamaican, bisexual, a Marxist who grew disenchanted with communism before the rest of his cohort — also brought an outsider’s critical gaze to the movement. Talya Zax, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 The target audience was white Republican moderates and independents, but the address included an audacious set of claims that a slice of black Americans disenchanted with the Democratic field could possibly find compelling. NBC News, 6 Feb. 2020 Rather than disenchanting the world, modernity generated new and even more-brutal sources of solidarity and meaning. Samuel Goldman, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020 Perhaps providing the strongest real counterbalance to De Niro's crazy Cady is Juliette Lewis, whose gangly packed performance as the couple's disenchanted 15-year-old daughter shows the most sinewy fiber. Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French desenchanter, from des- dis- + enchanter to enchant

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined above

disenchanting

verb

present participle of disenchant
as in disillusioning
to free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes if you thought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be the first to disenchant you

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • disillusioning
  • undeceiving
  • disabusing
  • telling
  • advising
  • sophisticating
  • refuting
  • disclosing
  • debunking
  • uncovering
  • unmasking
  • apprising
  • exposing
  • divulging
  • filling in
  • spilling
  • unveiling
  • uncloaking
  • cluing (in)
  • showing up
  • clueing (in)
  • wising (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • misleading
  • misrepresenting
  • duping
  • deluding
  • tricking
  • fooling
  • beguiling
  • snowing
  • misinforming
  • kidding
  • bluffing
  • hoodwinking
  • taking in
  • gulling
  • misguiding
  • hoaxing
  • cozening
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