desillusionieren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disenchant verb To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
- disillusion verb To make someone realize that a belief they held was false, often leaving them disappointed.
Senses
desillusionieren is used for these senses in English:
- disenchant (transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
- disillusion (transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.
disenchant — full definition
- verb To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
- verb To disappoint.
- verb To break from a mental captivation such as reverie (daydream) or preoccupation.
- verb To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.
disillusion — full definition
- verb To make someone realize that a belief they held was false, often leaving them disappointed.
- noun The state of having lost a false belief, often leading to disappointment.