disenchanted

English

Verb

disenchanted

1. simple past and past participle of disenchant

Adjective

disenchanted (comparative more disenchanted, superlative most disenchanted)

1. Disappointed; having lost belief or enthusiasm through bad experience.
   • 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 282:

     I visited Chiang Kai-shek at a lake resort on Taiwan. Chiang still dreamed of returning to the mainland, and once again he urged that America support such an effort. He argued that the Chinese on the mainland were disenchanted with their leaders and ready to rally to another force.

Derived terms

• disenchantedly
• disenchantedness