as in to disabuse
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
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Recent Examples of disenchant
The ballet tries to capture that biography through movement, starting with a chapter in which Casanova actually entered religious life but left after being disenchanted — and, as the story goes, seduced into a life of debauchery.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
At home on their farm just outside the city, Joana and Estância watched the speech on television, disenchanted.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
Evan Bouchard — 77 Fans have been disenchanted with Bouchard’s error rate this season.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
For fans disenchanted with baseball's typically slow-moving free-agent market, November has offered a nice change of pace.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
At home on their farm just outside the city, Joana and Estância watched the speech on television, disenchanted.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
Evan Bouchard — 77 Fans have been disenchanted with Bouchard’s error rate this season.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
For fans disenchanted with baseball's typically slow-moving free-agent market, November has offered a nice change of pace.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchant
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Josh tried to disabuse her of the mistaken identity, but the woman wasn’t having it.—
Kent Russell,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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But conference leadership from commissioner Greg Sankey on down disabused athletic directors of the notion that the decision was zero-sum.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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She’s disillusioned with her boyfriend and irritated by her mother.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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Rather, he was disillusioned by all of the turnovers and odd-man rushes against.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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That likely will not be received well by China, which advised the Trump administration to cancel all China tariffs Wednesday, NPR reported.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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His extensive boardroom tenure (14 years as Chair, President, and Director) sharpens his ability to mentor and advise.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Disenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchant. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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