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
Massive losses on its streaming platform and battles with authorities in Florida had disenchanted investors.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Sylvester was already disenchanted with the growing inequality in the valley and the environmental cost of all the energy needed to power crypto, AI and data centers.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Sylvester was already disenchanted with the growing inequality in the valley and the environmental cost of all the energy needed to power cryptocurrency, AI and data centers.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
By the time Moynihan’s second paper came out, many white liberals, distracted by the war in Vietnam and disenchanted by Black militancy, had given up on the crusade for civil rights.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Sylvester was already disenchanted with the growing inequality in the valley and the environmental cost of all the energy needed to power crypto, AI and data centers.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Sylvester was already disenchanted with the growing inequality in the valley and the environmental cost of all the energy needed to power cryptocurrency, AI and data centers.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
By the time Moynihan’s second paper came out, many white liberals, distracted by the war in Vietnam and disenchanted by Black militancy, had given up on the crusade for civil rights.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchant
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Both Anne and Benjamin are quickly disabused of any illusion that their father might have taken them seriously as contributors to the business, let alone potential successors.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Pre-positioning munitions, as well as stockpiles of energy, medical, and food supplies, also could help disabuse Chinese leaders of the notion that Taiwan can be taken quickly and cheaply.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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When Bianca Cefalo started working in the space industry, she was quickly disillusioned by its culture.—
Lisa Falco,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Some once-friendly podcast hosts — Joe Rogan chief among them — have become disillusioned with Trump over Epstein.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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They’re known as a group of antiheroes who take matters into their own hands, despite what the world’s governments advise.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
27 Sep. 2025
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Responses to the post quickly advised the mother against speaking to the other parent in favor of keeping her daughter’s trust.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Disenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchant. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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