disenchanting

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dis·en·chant

(dĭs′ĕn-chănt′)

tr.v. dis·en·chant·ed, dis·en·chant·ing, dis·en·chants

To free from illusion or false belief; undeceive.

[Obsolete French desenchanter, from Old French, to break a spell : des-, dis- + enchanter, to enchant; see enchant.]

dis′en·chant′er n.

dis′en·chant′ing·ly adv.

dis′en·chant′ment n.

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Adj.

disenchanting - freeing from illusion or false belief

disillusioning

convincing - causing one to believe the truth of something; "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner"

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When I saw "King Lear" played, nobody was allowed to see a scene shifted; if there was nothing to be done but slide a forest out of the way and expose a temple beyond, one did not see that forest split itself in the middle and go shrieking away, with the accompanying disenchanting spectacle of the hands and heels of the impelling impulse--no, the curtain was always dropped for an instant--one heard not the least movement behind it--but when it went up, the next instant, the forest was gone.

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I said to myself that this was a sign that Juliana and her niece(disenchanting idea!) were untidy persons, with a low Italian standard; but I afterward recognized that a lodger who had forced an entrance had no locus standi as a critic.