ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Disenchanted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Disenchanted is an adjective meaning Disappointed; having lost belief or enthusiasm through bad experience.

Meaning

Disappointed; having lost belief or enthusiasm through bad experience.

More Meanings

  1. Having had a magical spell or enchantment removed; no longer enchanted.
  2. simple past and past participle of disenchant

Example Sentences

I visited Chiang Kai-shek at a lake resort on Taiwan. Chiang still dreamed of returning to the mainland, and once again he urged that America support such an effort. He argued that the Chinese on the mainland were disenchanted with their leaders and ready to rally to another force.
And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow like that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him.

Synonyms for disenchanted

Depending on context, synonyms include enlightened, disillusioned, undeceived.

Antonyms for disenchanted

Common opposites include enchanted.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disabused, disillusioned, enlightened, undeceived, dashed, disappointed.

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