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1. Causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
   "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting"

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: confusing, disorientation, estranging, stunning, stupefying, unoriented

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

Antonym: orient, orienting

Encyclopedia: Disorient