disenchant

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪsɛnˈtʃænt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪsɪn'tʃænt/
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verb
R

To make someone realize that something is not as wonderful as they thought, or to take away someone's illusions about something.

After seeing the movie, she was disenchanted with the romanticized version of the story.

R

To cause someone to no longer be excited or hopeful about something they used to care about.

The constant delays disenchanted him with the project.

translation

v. To make someone realize that something is not as wonderful as they thought, or to take away someone's illusions about something.; To cause someone to no longer be excited or hopeful about something they used to care about.

Word Forms

3rd Present disenchants
Progressive disenchanting
Perfect disenchanted
Past disenchanted