as in bewildered
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of disoriented
The caution comes after another climber, a 50-year-old man, fell to his death after becoming disoriented while climbing down the same trail in August, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Pink Light centers on Scott, a trans man and an ex-pro hockey player who is left disoriented after being hit while playing in a beer league hockey game.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Four hikers who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms were rescued in New York’s Catskill Mountains after becoming disoriented and straying off the trail, officials said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The driver appeared to be disoriented but conscious at the scene, according to the video posted online by the Pickett family.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Symptoms vary, but can include deer appearing disoriented, showing little to no fear of humans, appearing feverish, having respiratory distress, and pronounced swelling of head, neck, tongue and eyelids.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
The bird may become dehydrated or disoriented, and in some cases, lose consciousness and fall from their perches.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
In addition to beginning with something that more explicitly resembles the films, this restructuring provides just enough context so that what follows once the ship has crashed in New Siam makes more sense, and is scarier, than if we were disoriented the whole time.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Pink Light centers on Scott, a trans man and an ex-pro hockey player who is left disoriented after being hit while playing in a beer league hockey game.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Four hikers who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms were rescued in New York’s Catskill Mountains after becoming disoriented and straying off the trail, officials said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The driver appeared to be disoriented but conscious at the scene, according to the video posted online by the Pickett family.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Symptoms vary, but can include deer appearing disoriented, showing little to no fear of humans, appearing feverish, having respiratory distress, and pronounced swelling of head, neck, tongue and eyelids.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
The bird may become dehydrated or disoriented, and in some cases, lose consciousness and fall from their perches.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
In addition to beginning with something that more explicitly resembles the films, this restructuring provides just enough context so that what follows once the ship has crashed in New Siam makes more sense, and is scarier, than if we were disoriented the whole time.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disoriented
Verb
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Wenhardt stared at his pages, puzzled.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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From Scepticism to Confidence In my discussions, executives often admit being puzzled about how to approach AI.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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By bridging cutting-edge research with accessible, actionable advice, this book fills a critical gap in the menopause conversation — one that has left millions of women confused, underserved and unheard.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Arthur’s confused by his brother’s anger.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Over the past 150 years, many knot theorists have been baffled by the unknotting number.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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This trend has baffled parents and teachers while taking over classrooms, playgrounds, playdates.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For nearly 20 years, astronomers have been perplexed by the strange disk of dust and debris circling Fomalhaut, a bright star just 25 light-years from Earth.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many historians have been perplexed by how such a seemingly simple man as Shakespeare could have written works of such grandeur and depth.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Disoriented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoriented. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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