Standard Lemma guide

disenchant

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːnt/
  • UK: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃænt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌdɪsɪnˈt͡ʃænt/
  • rhymes with -ænt

1

verb

Meaning 1

To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To disappoint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To break from a mental captivation such as reverie (daydream) or preoccupation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disenthrall

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

free from enchantment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disillusion

Antonyms: enchant

Broader terms: disappoint, let down

History

Etymology

From Middle French desenchanter, equivalent to dis- + enchant.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: desencantar — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Dutch: desillusioneren — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Finnish: päästää harhakuvitelmasta — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Finnish: päästää lumouksesta — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • French: désenchanter — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • German: desillusionieren — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Polish: odczarowywać — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Polish: odczarować — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Spanish: desencantar — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Swedish: avförtrolla — To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion
  • Catalan: desencantar — To disappoint
  • Catalan: desil·lusionar — To disappoint
  • Catalan: decebre — To disappoint
  • Czech: rozčarovat — To disappoint
  • Czech: zklamat — To disappoint
  • Dutch: teleurstellen — To disappoint
  • Finnish: tuottaa pettymys — To disappoint
  • German: enttäuschen — To disappoint
  • Hungarian: kiábrándít — To disappoint
  • Polish: rozczarowywać — To disappoint
  • Polish: rozczarować — To disappoint
  • Russian: разочаро́вывать (razočaróvyvatʹ) — To disappoint
  • Spanish: desencantar — To disappoint
  • Dutch: onttoveren — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • Esperanto: malsorĉi — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • German: entzaubern — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • Latin: dēlustrō — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • Occitan: desembroishir — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • Polish: odczarowywać — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • Polish: odczarować — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from
  • Spanish: desencantar — To remove a spell or magic enchantment from