(v. t.) To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ukip has provided a protest vote for disenchanted Tories , just as – up until the moment when David Cameron promised Nick Clegg a rose garden – the Lib Dems provided an alternative to Labour.
(2) Is Sisi’s UK visit going to fill my car with gas?’ A lot of people are increasingly disenchanted with the government, simply because it is failing to live up to its own illusions of grandeur.” Among the disenchanted are thousands of workers in the critical textiles sector who are striking over pay and conditions.
(3) The other, bigger worry, though, is among the disenchanted still living in deprived areas in Dundee, Edinburgh and pockets elsewhere in Lothian and Lanarkshire, but primarily in Glasgow.
(4) This struck a loud, clanging chord with a disenchanted British public – half of whom heard the speech – and 93% of those approved of its message, which when boiled down was just an appeal for greater individual effort to win the war.
(5) As one of the disenchanted Labour voters described by MacAskill, I have had many polemics put my way: the most persuasive have been George Galloway's "Just Say Naw" and a speech on the implications of Scottish independence for business by Rupert Soames, CEO of the Scottish firm Aggreko.
(6) He began as a conventional Hollywood liberal, but was soon disenchanted by the communists in the movie industry and what seemed to him the unduly leftist leadership of the American Federation of Labour.
(7) But those speculating this might be the start of a long-feared "strike" by disenchanted investors were somewhat let down: a regular government debt auction at the height of the political confusion was twice oversubscribed.
(8) That’s a very hard political sell, especially to a disenchanted public.
(9) Miszkowski, who sold his house to run for Labor in the 2007 federal election but became disenchanted with the party after Kevin Rudd forgot his name at a press conference, was also at the party, Guardian Australia has confirmed.
(10) Not content with picking up votes from disenchanted Conservatives, Farage advanced into Labour's terroritory on Friday by calling on large companies to sign up to a tough code of conduct to prevent them exploiting workers on zero-hours contracts.
(11) The recent "multi-party parliamentary election" – which was devoid of meaningful participation by opposition groups – and the formation of the new Syrian government by a member of the ruling Ba'ath party, have in particular disenchanted Iranian officials with Assad's strategy for a political solution.
(12) Thanks to the formation of the Coalition, Labour should be able to present itself as the only serious destination for voters disenchanted with the incumbent government.
(13) The disenchanted working class is the holy grail for vote-catchers, although no one actually seems to like its members.
(14) In 1950 he published a novel based on his Dartmouth visit, The Disenchanted, and later described the fiasco in his highly readable autobiography, Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince (1981).
(15) Zawahiri’s speech, delivered in Arabic, which is opaque to most Indians, is being seen as having far more to do with bolstering confidence in al-Qaida’s own ranks and fighting off the steep growth of the maverick Isis, than it is about recruiting new volunteers from Indian’s disenchanted Muslims.
(16) The front-page lead by Seumas Milne read: "A confidential strategic plan drawn up by Tony Blair's closest advisers warns that New Labour is not ready for government ... Disenchanted leftwing activists are likely to see it as confirmation that Blair has a near-presidential agenda."
(17) He concluded that many Greeks were disenchanted with their western allies and inclined to favour Russia.
(18) Narice Bernard, a 44-year-old businessman from East Lothian, who described himself as a disenchanted Labour supporter, was one of the campaign founders, and said he was frustrated by the calibre of the candidates , who were all associated with Labour’s defeat.
(19) More than half of Ukip's support in the European elections came from disenchanted Conservative voters, a poll commissioned by Lord Ashcroft has found .
(20) It is a prequel of sorts to the film, in that it fleshes out "why Calvero has nightmares, why he is so disenchanted with his career, with the public", she said.
Disillusion
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.
(v. t.) To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.
Example Sentences:
(1) She devoured political science texts, took evening classes at Goldsmiths college, and performed at protests and fundraisers, but became disillusioned.
(2) I believe that it is too valuable to be destroyed in a fit of resentment, pique or disillusion.
(3) It is a waste of taxpayer’s money.” A third critic wrote: “What China’s National Football Team gives its fans is decades of consistent disappointment.” Some disillusioned fans called for Team China’s manager, Gao Hongbo, to be sacked and replaced with Lang Ping, the revered coach of China’s female volleyball team.
(4) The Lewinsky affair did not leave him disillusioned and Engskov's eyes brighten as he recalls his time in Washington: "It was an idealistic time.
(5) There is a growing fear among Labour pollsters that the some of the vote Labour harvested from disillusioned Liberal Democrats has now moved on to either to the Greens or to Ukip.
(6) "In the conclusion of the tragedy by Chekohov, everyone is disappointed, disillusioned, embittered, heartbroken, but alive."
(7) "The impact can be that the individual becomes disillusioned or traumatised, it can impact on health or on relationships with partners and colleagues," Moutou says.
(8) For the growing numbers of voters disillusioned by Westminster politics, the prospect of an SNP bloc in parliament providing a pressure from the left on Labour is an attractive one.
(9) A mansions tax would appeal to the disillusioned left of the party.
(10) This includes the prevention of legal action against the doctors if the treatment fails or if the transsexual later is disillusioned or regrets what has been done.
(11) Underlying factors for this disillusion with the car include road congestion and spiralling costs of driving, particularly for the young: car insurance has increased by 80% for young people in the past two years, for example, compared with a 20% rise for those aged 50, while numbers of those aged 17-19 who take the driving test have dropped by a fifth in the past five years.
(12) And foolish, too, to deny that across Europe these elections will be a major opportunity for single-issue and extremist parties – not always the same thing –to make a play for the support of insecure, disillusioned and plain angry voters in the 28 member states.
(13) Instead, when we meet her at the beginning of the series, Nyborg is more concerned with moving house – presumably supplying viewers with shots of a variety of stylish new light fittings and perplexing floor plans to obsess over – than a political party with which she is increasingly disillusioned.
(14) BTTF was largely aimed at kids who didn't know much about their parents' generation (and that was the source of its box office strength), but Peggy Sue was very much seen through the eyes of the disillusioned divorcee, played by Kathleen Turner.
(15) Caine’s Guardian reader may be decrepit and disillusioned but still oozes wit and discerning taste.
(16) The government’s hold over main-stream media proprietors has meant that disillusioned liberal commentators who may have supported Erdogan’s reform efforts in the past have found themselves out of a job.
(17) "There's a significant proportion of the Labour party - 70 or 80 MPs - that are so disillusioned with the leadership of the party that they'd prefer to be in opposition than in coalition.
(18) The latter was disillusioning for Patterson, a lifelong indie music fan, especially when the paper published what she terms a “tits ’n’ cocaine” cover for a feature on the Miami scene.
(19) He had also grown disillusioned with his own role as a propagandist, his contorted attempt to distinguish between 'honest' and 'dishonest' propaganda evidently having failed.
(20) While many employees feel disillusioned and “oppressed” as they feel their jobs and responsibilities are being usurped by Charles’ aides, she claims.