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Meanings of disenchanting in English

Freeing from illusion or false belief.

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Examples for "disillusioning"
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We live in a disillusioning age of greed, corruption and political scandals.
The Irish Times
2
The circumstances of Mr Lynch's departure as leader were sad and disillusioning.
The Irish Times
3
When the tumult of my disillusioning was past, my mind grew clearer.
The Works of Max Beerbohm
4
And Mr. Root's next experience, in the United States Senate, was disillusioning.
The Mirrors of Washington
5
And the collector's Goanese assistant did the rest of the disillusioning.
The Ivory Trail
Usage of disenchanting in English
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It is a sort of disenchanting familiarity that rubs off the bloom.
A Little Journey in the World
2
Sweet, as well as disenchanting experiences are sometimes gained behind the scenes.
Sword and Gown: A Novel
3
They thought only of conquering when they should have thought of disenchanting.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
4
Some disenchanting thunder was coming, I was sure, and I was right.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 5
5
The inside of electioneering may be disenchanting, but it's jolly hard work.
A Prince of Sinners
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There seemed to be something particularly disenchanting in the atmosphere of that study.
The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 / A Typographic Art Jo...
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Whichever version you pick, you're guaranteed a thrilling and disenchanting ride.
News.com.au
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For years you have this pleasure, unalloyed by any disenchanting reality.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
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What an inevitable and disenchanting morrow to the insane life he was leading!
The Nabob, Vol. 1 (of 2)
10
What an obvious and disenchanting to-morrow to the mad life he was leading!
The Nabob
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She never mentioned him, and Ashe could only suppose she had found him disenchanting.
The Marriage of William Ashe
12
Alas!" he cried, "is there anything in life so disenchanting as attainment?"
New Arabian Nights
13
Possibly the Italian journey was in some respects disenchanting.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 / A Magazine...
14
The act of eating is apt to be disenchanting.
Their Pilgrimage
15
I have hardly forgiven you yet for disenchanting me.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
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Painfully did the ideal light fade away, and the well-remembered scene stand revealed in disenchanting day.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
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