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DISENCHANT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disenchant ... he / she / it disenchants
Past simple: disenchanted
Past participle: disenchanted
-ing form: disenchanting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from enchantment
Synonyms:
disenchant; disillusion
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "disenchant" is one way to...):
disappoint; let down (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to disenchant Sue
Antonym:
enchant (hold spellbound)
Derivation:
disenchantment (freeing from false belief or illusions)
