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disenjoy

disenjoy verb: to fail to enjoy; to take no pleasure in.

Verb

disenjoy (third-person singular simple present disenjoys, present participle disenjoying, simple past and past participle disenjoyed)

  1. (transitive) To fail to enjoy; to take no pleasure in.
    • "A person who can play both chess and checkers but regards all board-game playing as a waste of time will disenjoy chess because it wastes more time."1991, David L. Norton, Democracy and Moral Development

Forms of disenjoy

third-person singular presentdisenjoys
present participledisenjoying
past participledisenjoyed
pastdisenjoyed

Origin of disenjoy

From dis- + enjoy.

Questions about disenjoy

What does disenjoy mean?
Disenjoy means to fail to enjoy; to take no pleasure in.
What part of speech is disenjoy?
Disenjoy is a verb.
What is the past tense of disenjoy?
The past tense of disenjoy is disenjoyed.

Words near disenjoy in the dictionary

  1. disengaging
  2. disengagingly
  3. disenhanced
  4. disenhancement
  5. disenhancements
  6. disenjoy
  7. disenjoyed
  8. disenjoying
  9. disenjoyment
  10. disenjoyments
  11. disenjoys

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