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Meanings of disenchant in English

Portuguese
desiludir
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desil·lusionar

Free from enchantment.

      desiludir
      Synonyms
      Examples for "disillusion"
      Examples for "disillusion"
      1
      Clearly, disillusion with Japan's establishment has reached new depths since the disasters.
      Reuters
      2
      The experience of the previous night had some hand in this disillusion.
      The Mayor of Warwick
      3
      It is the cult of the pessimist, the gentle malice of disillusion.
      A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
      4
      But those who dream the possible will, very possibly, suffer real disillusion.
      The book of disquiet
      5
      Under the sky of Paris and its cold light the disillusion began.
      The Nabob
      Usage of disenchant in English
      1
      No reading or study had contributed to disenchant the fairyland around him.
      McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
      2
      Yet, if we seek to disenchant ourselves, it may readily be done.
      Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
      3
      And the girl asked him, 'What can I do to disenchant you?'
      The Pink Fairy Book
      4
      Then he entered the hut and ordered the old woman to disenchant his brother.
      The Grey Fairy Book
      5
      It seemed to disenchant the air, so full a moment before of strange attractions.
      Elsie Venner
      6
      It did not take long to disenchant me, he added with a harsh laugh.
      The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
      7
      See how quickly and honestly I can disenchant you.
      An Original Belle
      8
      But there was more than this to disenchant him.
      Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
      9
      The sure mode to disenchant the gun was to shoot a silver bullet out of it.
      The Crayon Papers
      10
      It was Krebbs's mission, whether he knew it or not, to disenchant me with that philosophy.
      Cat’s Cradle
      11
      Eve in her own person might disenchant him.
      Eve's Ransom
      12
      I will now take you back to your father, who will certainly know how to disenchant you.'
      The Violet Fairy Book
      13
      You, whose business it is to look behind the scenes of life, will you disenchant her also?
      A Day of Fate
      14
      Magic is plainly the only remedy, and if thou canst disenchant it, I will give thee thy freedom.
      The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
      15
      That mar-all, Truth, will disenchant you.
      The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,...
      16
      These superficial and miserable vices of common society disenchant the soul, and dry up the springs of love and hope.
      The Friendships of Women
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      Translations for disenchant
      Disenchant through the time