disorient
To cause to lose orientation or directionTo cause to lose orientation or direction.
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» Tom is very groggy and disoriented.
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2 sensesTo cause to lose orientation or direction.
desorientieren, verwirren
дезориенти́роватьdezorijentírovatʹ
cause to be lost or disoriented
To confuse or befuddle.
Examples
71 sentencesTom is very groggy and disoriented.
Tom said that he was disoriented.
Tom said that I looked disoriented.
Tom said that I seemed disoriented.
Tom is a bit disoriented, isn't he?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French désorienter.Borrowed from French désorienter.
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Forms
disorients, disorienting, disoriented, disoriented| Base form | disorient · to disorient |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | disorients |
| Present participle | disorienting |
| Past simple | disoriented |
| Past participle | disoriented |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonyms- cause to be lost or disoriented:disorientate
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- a little disoriented
- a bit disoriented
- little disoriented
- bit disoriented
- seemed disoriented
- looked disoriented
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.