as in to confuse
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of disorient
Desmond Bane had a fantastic year, but he’s been fully disoriented against an unforgiving defense.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Small wonder many of the migrants are disoriented and bewildered.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Being subjected to that torrent can leave you confused, disoriented, and ultimately just desperate to get away from the flood.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Apr. 2025
The adult is experiencing changes in thinking or seems confused or disoriented.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Small wonder many of the migrants are disoriented and bewildered.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Being subjected to that torrent can leave you confused, disoriented, and ultimately just desperate to get away from the flood.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Apr. 2025
The adult is experiencing changes in thinking or seems confused or disoriented.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorient
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While no one should ever have confused the entertainment business with a warm binkie, the institutions themselves are in the new and awkward spot of having to justify their existence.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
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All of the footage from The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon makes the show-within-a-show look silly, which the series confuses with humorousness.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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These reactions are just the tip of the iceberg, as the football world continues to be bewildered at Sanders being available heading into the fourth round on Saturday.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Across the street, her husband Steve, who nursed Molly through her first fight with breast cancer a few years earlier, sits bewildered in the office of their couples therapist.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Multiple current and former FDA officials said they were perplexed by Makary's claim, given the push for longer trips in the past had been an efficiency measure intended to result in the agency being able to complete more inspections.—
Paula Cohen,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
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Archaeologists were perplexed by a strange pair of discs found in Oman – only to discover these items were actually a single 4,000-year-old instrument.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some were baffled by Perry’s dancing and said the show looked cheap.—
Courtney Lane,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
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The complexities of her character mirrored in her stony, resentful stare, in her grim, unforgiving mouth, will always baffle and enthrall.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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Listen to this article In 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery merged HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streaming app called Max, with the puzzling decision to remove the HBO from the streaming app’s brand.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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That drop has puzzled the Dodgers and the right-hander alike.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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“Disorient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorient. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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