'Disorient' definitions:

Definition of 'disorient'

From: WordNet
verb
Cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient, disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate]

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]

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