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disoriented - 3 dictionary results

dis⋅o⋅ri⋅ent⋅ed

[dis-awr-ee-en-tid, -ohr-]
–adjective
confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients.

Origin:
disorient + -ed 2


distracted, mixed up, unstable, unhinged.

dis⋅o⋅ri⋅ent

[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.

Origin:
1645–55; < F désorienter, equiv. to dés- dis- 1 + orienter to orient
dis·o·ri·ent   (dĭs-ôr'ē-ěnt', -ōr'-)   
tr.v.   dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents
To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation.
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