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 neatness of the suitcase this girl is packing is really disenchanting me to her rom-com-protagonist likability.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
Moyers left the Johnson White House in 1967 as he was disenchanted with the escalation of the Vietnam War.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Massive losses on its streaming platform and battles with authorities in Florida had disenchanted investors.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In any case, the guidelines will have the inevitable effect, one commentator writes, of disenchanting the world.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disenchant
Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
Moyers left the Johnson White House in 1967 as he was disenchanted with the escalation of the Vietnam War.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Massive losses on its streaming platform and battles with authorities in Florida had disenchanted investors.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In any case, the guidelines will have the inevitable effect, one commentator writes, of disenchanting the world.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disenchant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchant
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But if anything remained of that childhood dream, Platner’s last tour had thoroughly disabused him of it.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2025
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Against a barely upright Niners roster (especially wounded in the passing game), Sean McVay’s squad should sweep the leg and disabuse anyone of the notion San Francisco is a contender.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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For decades, they have been disillusioned by the cynicism, intellectual narrowness and greed of the corporate academy, which chose profit over principles while providing knowledge without conscience, skill without reflection, and schooling without heart.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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After that show, he got disillusioned with the music industry and retrained as an animator.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Drivers are advised to slow down, use caution, and carry winter emergency kits, while outdoor enthusiasts are being warned to prepare for rapidly changing and potentially dangerous weather conditions.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Springer advised his teammates simply to be themselves.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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