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UK
/dɪsˈɔːɹiəntɪd/
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[ US /dɪˈsɔɹiˌɛntɪd/ ]
[ US /dɪˈsɔɹiˌɛntɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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 anesthetic left her completely disoriented -
socially disoriented
anomic loners musing over their fate
we live in an age of rootless alienated people
How To Use disoriented In A Sentence
- People who easily tumble on land can become quickly disoriented trying to do the same move in the water.
- But in the scope of this metaphor, the implication is that euthanizing the whales will somehow make room for "better" (sneer quotes) classes of whales to evolve that aren't disoriented by subchaser pings. Undefined
- Well, when I first start the treatment I get a couple of days feeling a little squiffy and disoriented.
- It would be tragic if he suffers yet another body blow, fails to recognise it, and chooses to remain in the fray punch-drunk and disoriented.
- The great writer and scholar Iris Murdoch, addled and disoriented by advanced Alzheimer's Disease, ambles out of her Oxford house and into the city.
- As I continue with kayaking, I am becoming more proficient at righting my kayak and feeling more in control of my actions, more knowledgeable and less disoriented.
- I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
- It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. ‘Pandorum’ Trailer #2 = Socks Off « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
- His guts screamed with pain, and he was so disoriented he couldn't move until the sound of gunshots made him force himself to get up.
- You're disoriented and you become unhinged.