Meaning & use
disenchanting
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Freeing someone from a false belief or illusion, or causing disappointment by revealing an unflattering truth.
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Reading about the factory conditions was disenchanting for shoppers who loved the brand.
The tour guide's blunt commentary was disenchanting to visitors expecting a fairy-tale castle.
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The prefix "dis-" reverses "enchant," which originally meant to place someone under a magic spell.
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