'Disorient' definitions:
Definition of 'disorient'
(from WordNet)
verb
Definition of 'Disorient'
From: GCIDE
- Disorient \Dis*o"ri*ent\, v. t.
- 1. To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. to cause (a person) to lose one's sense of direction; to cause to lose one's bearings or way; as, the tourist was disoriented by the winding and narrow streets. [PJC]
- 3. (Psychiatry) to cause one to lose one's sense of time or place, or of one's own personal identity. [PJC]
- 4. to confuse (a person) by changing or removing something which has served as a standard or guide to action; as, workers were rendered unemployed and disoriented by the rapid changes in the markets. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'disorient'
From: 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