单词 | disenchanted |
释义 | disenchanted (once / 8874 pages) adj When you're disenchanted, you're disappointed or let down by something or someone you once admired. Large classes and standardized testing often leads to disenchanted teachers. An unsatisfying final episode of a popular TV show's last season will result in disenchanted viewers, and the impression that all the candidates are basically the same means a lot of disenchanted voters. When you're enchanted by something, you're delighted by it. This comes from the Old French root enchanter, "to bewitch, charm, or cast a spell." Adding the prefix dis- gives disenchanted the opposite meaning. WORD FAMILYdisenchanted: disenchantedly+/disenchant: disenchanted, disenchanting, disenchantment, disenchants/disenchantment: disenchantments/enchant: disenchant, enchanted, enchanter, enchanting, enchantment, enchants/enchanted: enchantedly/enchanter: enchanters/enchanting: enchantingly/enchantment: enchantments USAGE EXAMPLESThat started with Prudhomme, who had grown disenchanted during her two seasons at Oregon State. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) I’d become him, disenchanted Lord Ford, master of all he surveyed. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016) Is it because Americans are growing disenchanted with the violence that often sees players carried off the field on medical carts? Washington Times(Nov 18, 2016) adj freed from enchantment Syn|Ant disabused, undeceived freed of a mistaken or misguided notion disillusionedfreed from illusion sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire enchanted influenced as by charms or incantations beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entrancedfilled with wonder and delight bewitched, ensorcelledunder a spell fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixedhaving your attention fixated as though by a spell |
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