as in to confuse
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of disorient
And though the Trump Administration abruptly reversed plans to cancel thousands of international students' visas, this whiplash has made life more difficult, and disorienting, for many.
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Kica Matos, Time, 2 May 2025
Is that low-time pilot or a pilot who gets task-saturated or overwhelmed or into a circumstance that they get disoriented?
—Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Cat's Protection highlights that most cats will be aware of their surroundings, although they can sometimes be disoriented and react defensively.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
That’s the outcome of the film’s disorienting first act, which begins with a bearded man named Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) driving home with his family.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2025
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Kica Matos, Time, 2 May 2025
Is that low-time pilot or a pilot who gets task-saturated or overwhelmed or into a circumstance that they get disoriented?
—Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Cat's Protection highlights that most cats will be aware of their surroundings, although they can sometimes be disoriented and react defensively.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
That’s the outcome of the film’s disorienting first act, which begins with a bearded man named Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) driving home with his family.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorient
Verb
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Also, this word et cetera at the end of the sentence confused me.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Weir was confused by the man’s unusual conviction, though.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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Babb acknowledged that the team was bewildered at the stunning turn of events.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
30 May 2025
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They were bewildered for me, and so was all the other staff.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Many observers were perplexed that an eighty-two-year-old man with virtually unlimited access to medical care—and about whose health there has been virtually unlimited conjecture—could have gone undiagnosed until the cancer threatened his life.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Social-media users were undoubtedly perplexed by the bone discovery, leading to more than 860 comments on the Instagram video.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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What’s more, the double-stitched seams and baffle box design keep lumps at bay.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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The owner shared a video of the car veering left, a video that has Tesla examiner’s baffled.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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But very puzzling storytelling choices as well that diminish many of these characters, making Joel and Ellie feel less realized as people and less nuanced as characters, giving Dina and Ellie such a weird cheery vibe (when Dina isn’t mothering Ellie) and so forth.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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In 1981, as otherwise healthy gay men started dying of unexpected cancers and infections, a government immunologist named Anthony Fauci pushed aside his other research to focus on the puzzling malady.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Disorient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorient. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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