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
Evan Bouchard — 77 Fans have been disenchanted with Bouchard’s error rate this season.
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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
The failures of the January transfer window, when O’Neil was confident of adding a striker to his squad, only to discover in the final days of the window that Wolves would not sanction any of the deals on the table, left the former Bournemouth boss disenchanted with life at Molineux.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
The promotion, aimed at foreigners disenchanted with their day-to-day lives, offers residences for as low as just €1, or about $1.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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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
The failures of the January transfer window, when O’Neil was confident of adding a striker to his squad, only to discover in the final days of the window that Wolves would not sanction any of the deals on the table, left the former Bournemouth boss disenchanted with life at Molineux.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
The promotion, aimed at foreigners disenchanted with their day-to-day lives, offers residences for as low as just €1, or about $1.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for disenchant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disenchant
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This did nothing to disabuse fans and media of the notion that its executive team is shadowy.—
James Horncastle,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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For true believers in the cult of social justice, even Mangum’s confession will not disabuse them of their belief that those who are born into the wrong identities are the illegitimate beneficiaries of generational theft.—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Dec. 2024
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Ukrainians React: Trump’s claim that Ukraine was responsible for its war with Russia has left many Ukrainians disillusioned, including residents of Bucha, a Kyiv suburb that has become a symbol of Russian brutality.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Most of the new members were in their twenties and thirties, and many felt disillusioned with American society.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Community bankers are advocating for fewer regulations, while Federal Reserve officials advise a balance between consumer protection and economic growth.—
Russ Wiles,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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But several national security agencies, including the FBI, and multiple other federal departments advised staffers not to respond to the email immediately, suggesting that the broader executive branch was not informed of nor prepared for the demand.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Disenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenchant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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