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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient, disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: French désorienter, from dés- dis- + orienter to orient Date: 1655 1. a. to cause to lose bearings ; displace from normal position or relationship b. to cause to lose the sense of time, place, or identity 2. confuse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. = DISORIENTATE. Etymology: F désorienter (as DIS-, ORIENT v.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disorient Dis*o"ri*ent, v. t. To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] --Bp. Warburton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disorients, disorienting, disoriented) Note: in BRIT, also use 'disorientate' If something disorients you, you lose your sense of direction, or you generally feel lost and uncertain, for example because you are in an unfamiliar environment. An overnight stay at a friend's house disorients me... = confuse VERB: V n • disoriented I feel dizzy and disoriented. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • disorienting An abrupt change of location can be disorienting. ADJ • disorientation Morris was so stunned by this that he experienced a moment of total disorientation.

Moby Thesaurus

addle, addle the wits, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disturb, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, throw into confusion, unsettle, upset