disenamor

dis·en·am·or

[dis-i-nam-er]
verb (used with object)
to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with ): He was disenamored of working in the city.
Also, especially British, dis·en·am·our.


Origin:
1590–1600; dis-1 + enamor

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