Meaning | Causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings. |
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Examples | - "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"
- "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting"
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Narrower | confusing | Causing confusion or disorientation |
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estranging | making one feel out of place or alienated |
stunning | Causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility |
stupefying | making physically stupid or dull or insensible |
See also | unoriented | not having position or goal / goal definitely set or ascertained |
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Opposite | orienting, orientating | Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually |
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