Verb (used with object) : The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes. From Dictionary.com.
Possibly the Italian journey was in some respects disenchanting. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
For disenchanting the world is what, in the end, human beings do. From Wordnik.com. [Entropology] Reference
But there was something about the fight that was so disenchanting. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Thank You, Dennis Kucinich] Reference
There is no disenchanting bird's-eye view of the counter with all things thereon. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
However I figured out that crafting / disenchanting was an easy money making technique. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with a Price Fixer] Reference
There seemed to be something particularly disenchanting in the atmosphere of that study. From Wordnik.com. [The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal] Reference
Its so disenchanting how negative and mean-spirited the Obama – fans are on CNN posts. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy says no to joint ticket] Reference
Then they discuss disenchanting magic items to get magic dust to use to make other magic items. From Wordnik.com. [4e Excerpt: You And Your Magic Items « Geek Related] Reference
But its disenchanting sociology is the core explanation as to why reality TV does not disappear. From Wordnik.com. [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42] Reference
The only way Senator Clinton triumphs is by turning the whole process into a disenchanting free-for-all. From Wordnik.com. [Pelosi Asks Campaigns to Simmer Down - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
And, in the second place, he commits the error, equally palpable, of disenchanting the eyes of his reader. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Painfully did the ideal light fade away, and the well-remembered scene stand revealed in disenchanting day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
A threadbare grey sofa accompanied by a matching armchair of an equally disenchanting hue sat against one wall. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
To be confronted day after day by the absent-minded, and to listen to their monotonous tale of woe, is disenchanting. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
But in his book, Radosh makes a lot out of his Rosenberg case research as disenchanting him with the left in general. From Wordnik.com. [Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left, by Ronald Radosh (2001)] Reference
I agree though that “disenchanting” magic items for components to make other magic items is way too derivative of WOW. From Wordnik.com. [4e Excerpt: Economy & Reward « Geek Related] Reference
If you have taken up enchanting, selling the dust and essence you get from disenchanting greens is a good source of income. From Wordnik.com. [Steelblossom's guide to making money in WoW] Reference
But the character “builds,” and talent trees, and disenchanting magic items into magic dust, are utterly blatant ripoffs. From Wordnik.com. [D&D 4e’s Out… And It’s Awful. Here’s Why « Geek Related] Reference
Nothing new there, but it was somehow disenchanting to find a girl in her early- to mid-twenties lapping it up so uncritically. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
The cold philosophy of the Maxims marked perhaps the reaction of his intellect against the disenchanting experiences of his life. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
In all, although I was offered a DSLR at cost so no real sacrifice on behalf of Pentax I found the whole affair very disenchanting. From Wordnik.com. [A Model Complaint Letter (And Why You Should Never Travel On National Express) | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
He opens with this disenchanting lead: Last October I traveled to the Argent Hotel in San Francisco to cover the Web 2.0 conference. From Wordnik.com. [ThePublishingSpot: February 2006 Archives] Reference
The foregoing picture of Oriental munificence can scarcely be more disenchanting than the sight of the sketch of Mohammed-Schah which. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
In all, although I was offered a DSLR at cost (so no real sacrifice on behalf of Pentax) I found the whole affair very disenchanting. From Wordnik.com. [A Model Complaint Letter (And Why You Should Never Travel On National Express) | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
It is disenchanting to some of our cherished ideals. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Of course there is the one fatally disenchanting line. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti] Reference
"If you could contrive to make yourself disenchanting!". From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume II] Reference
It has become seriously disenchanting to be an American lately. From Wordnik.com. [Alternate Brain] Reference
Some disenchanting thunder was coming, I was sure, and I was right. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
By its harder glare the wooden room looked harder too, and disenchanting. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Pharisees] Reference
For years you have this pleasure, unalloyed by any disenchanting reality. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
What an obvious and disenchanting to-morrow to the mad life he was leading!. From Wordnik.com. [The Nabob] Reference
What an inevitable and disenchanting morrow to the insane life he was leading!. From Wordnik.com. [The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
This was the true secret for disenchanting the martial pretensions of his army. From Wordnik.com. [Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2] Reference
· Disenchant - Prompts you for deals based on disenchanting armors and weapons. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
It's disenchanting and segregating the fanbase of teams struggling to get better. From Wordnik.com. [Pride Of Detroit] Reference
The desiccating wind and sun had wrought some disenchanting cracks and fissures in. From Wordnik.com. [Maruja] Reference
Also disenchanting Anglican conservatives has been the blessing of same-sex marriages. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. From Wordnik.com. [Essays in the Art of Writing] Reference
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