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
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.
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Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 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
Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
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Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 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
Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchant
Verb
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But my more seasoned friends disabused me of that notion.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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To do this, the U.S. policymakers must first disabuse themselves of the notion that there can be a neat line drawn between what happens within Yemen and what happens in the Red Sea or the broader region, particularly in the Gulf.—
April Longley Alley,
Foreign Affairs,
9 May 2025
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One of the primary reasons why Kamala Harris got thumped in the election is that a number of the Democratic Party’s core constituencies have grown disillusioned with the party and drifted rightward over the past several years.—
John McDermott,
Rolling Stone,
6 July 2025
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His spouse is perilously close to beginning an affair with the best man at their wedding, now one of his authors, a war poet disillusioned by violence and fanaticism.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The Context Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva, who went by Diogo Jota, and his brother André died on Thursday while driving from Spain to England after a doctor advised them not to fly after Jota received minor lung surgery.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission advises that children do not use fireworks, including sparklers.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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“Disenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchant. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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