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Definition of Disenchant
1. Verb. Free from enchantment. "The performance is likely to disenchant Sue"
Generic synonyms: Disappoint, Let Down
Derivative terms: Disenchantment, Disillusion, Disillusionment
Antonyms: Enchant
Definition of Disenchant
1. v. t. To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
Definition of Disenchant
1. Verb. to free someone from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion ¹
2. Verb. to nullify a spell or magic enchantment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disenchant
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disenchant
Literary usage of Disenchant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"-ise ['c] charm, enchantment, fascination; have -n disenchant one. -nde [a]
charming, enchanting; etc. -t [a] charmed, enchanted, etc. ..."
2. The Magazine of Poetry by Charles Wells Moulton (1891)
"... wondering if the And disenchant, only the arid desert leaving me, Where the
swift swirl of streams had been, and mimicry Of waving woods ? ..."
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