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disorient

[ dis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to lose one's way:

    The strange streets disoriented him.

  2. to confuse by removing or obscuring something that has guided a person, group, or culture, as customs, moral standards, etc.:

    Society has been disoriented by changing values.

  3. Psychiatry. to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one's personal identity.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disorient1

1645–55; < French éǰԳٱ, equivalent to é- dis- 1 + orienter to orient
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Watching it play out is like reading a Brothers Grimm fairytale with all of the pages slightly out of order; a disorienting, riveting way of making the show feel as romantic as it does evil.

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The two centers said people have found the disoriented birds in unexpected and often hazardous locations over the last month, including on the 405 Freeway, on a terminal at LAX and near Amazon warehouses.

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This increases competition within the species as all the dung beetles are attracted to the same artificial light source, or results in them becoming disoriented when they can't find a replacement for the stars.

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Once Violet tiptoes through Palate’s disorienting entrance, she discovers a boozy adult oasis that’s posh and tasteful and yet somehow unctuously personality-free.

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“Warfare” premiered in the same theater as the candy-colored aerobics of “The Substance” and, for a disorienting moment, I wondered if the projectionist had swapped in the wrong reel.

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