disenchanting

English

Adjective

disenchanting (comparative more disenchanting, superlative most disenchanting)

1. Causing one to become disenchanted; disillusioning; making something unattractive.
   • 2003, Stephen Kline, ‎Nick Dyer-Witheford, ‎Greig De Peuter, Digital Play, page 285:

     The more the player knows that as they plug in and log on they are being played on by a vast technomarketing apparatus, the more disenchanting the virtual experience risks becoming.

   • 2005, George Ritzer, Enchanting a Disenchanted World, page 90:

     What could be more disenchanting than stores built to look like warehouses—comparatively cold, spare, and inelegant?

   • 2022, Adam Benjamin, Making an Entrance:

     There is nothing more disenchanting than coming away from a class with the residue from the underside of someone's chair all over your favourite sweatshirt.

Derived terms

• disenchantingly

Verb

disenchanting

1. present participle and gerund of disenchant