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disoriented

[dis-awr-ee-en-tid, -ohr-]

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adjective

confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients.

Origin:
disorient + -ed²

Synonyms
distracted, mixed up, unstable, unhinged.

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Disoriented has a plethora of syllables.

So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:

given to using long words.

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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Example Sentences

I've been in all major cities in the midwest without ever feeling disoriented.

Virtually anything that caused stress disoriented them, and they quickly descended into pre-meltdown conditions.

Unfortunately, governments seem to be almost as disoriented as everyone else at the moment.

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I've been in all major cities in the midwest without ever feeling disoriented.

Virtually anything that caused stress disoriented them, and they quickly descended into pre-meltdown conditions.

Unfortunately, governments seem to be almost as disoriented as everyone else at the moment.

If one bull gets separated, injuries usually occur as it becomes disoriented and charges.

The airplane went up at night and the aircrew quickly became completely disoriented.

Fisher says a person can stay inside the cave for only six to ten minutes before becoming disoriented.

Two days later, he grew so disoriented that his wife took him to the emergency department.

Because it is a comedy, no one is disoriented for long, and all problems are resolved.

What you don't want is for him to get disoriented and not know which house is his.

If they have been disoriented in recent years, it is partly because there has been an unprecedented turnover in bosses.

Local residents speculated that low tide combined with heavy rains and wind might have disoriented the marine mammals.

The disoriented mind pronouncing itself whole is always a wonder to behold.

The hallway was filled with smoke and with coughing, bleeding people who were stumbling around, disoriented.

Tracking a disoriented senior's every move has never been easier.

Kotwica had suffered from diabetes for years and might have been disoriented or confused because of hypoglycemia.

With luck visitor too disoriented to notice parking ticket on my car in front of pizza joint.

The opposition is completely disoriented and sees how they might lose again the elections.

The reptiles are disoriented by lights and noise, which prevents them from finding their way back into the sea.

Within hours, he began to hallucinate, and he became agitated and disoriented.

The mortar wounds had left his father disoriented and unable to hold a job.

Fire officials said they believed the victims tried to escape but became disoriented in the dense smoke.

After they left the city, she noticed a strong chemical smell and felt disoriented.

Flateau said the inmate did not make any specific requests or threats but appeared distraught and disoriented.

Even older children traveling relatively short distances can become disoriented.

They were accompanied by her father, who was said to be disoriented and unsure of exactly where she had disappeared.

After the first five hours of waiting, she became increasingly disoriented and delusional.

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verb (used with object)

to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.

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.

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

Origin:
1645–55; < French désorienter, equivalent to dés- dis-¹ + orienter to orient

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Word Origin & History

disorient

1650s, from Fr. désorienter, from dés- "dis-" (see dis-) + orienter (see orient (v.)). Related: Disoriented; disorienting.

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