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Adjective: disoriented  `dis'o-ree`en-tid
  1. Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
    "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anaesthetic left her completely disoriented"
    - confused, lost
     
  2. Socially disoriented
    "we live in an age of rootless disoriented people"
    - alienated, anomic
Verb: disorient  dis'o-ree`ent
  1. Cause to be lost or disoriented
    "The overall and overwhelming popularity of idiot-level prime-time sitcoms is a testimonial to this need to disorient or disconnect"
    - disorientate

See also: disorientation, unoriented

Type of: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw

Antonym: orient

Encyclopedia: Disorient