as in confused
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 woman later reported feeling disoriented, told him so and blacked out, according to the suit.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
At the outlaw gig, a Dead City fan was shot in the head by a police projectile and left bloody and disoriented.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Jurors later saw body camera video capturing the aftermath — Arielle bloodied, disoriented and struggling to stay conscious as bystanders tried to help her.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
According to quantum mechanics, even at absolute zero, particles retain some energy and remain disoriented – their quantum ground state.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Her early death, after an illness that the father initially contrives to ignore then notices just in time to capture her desperation in a fine sketch, leaves Mimí utterly disoriented, yearning only to achieve a level of self-control and detachment that will spare him their tumultuous struggle.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
At a recent promotional event at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles, onlookers described Minnelli as appearing fragile and occasionally disoriented during a Q&A session.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Meyerson had become frail and disoriented by the spring of 2019.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Then, over the ocean west of Martha’s Vineyard, John became spatially disoriented and lost control.
—Jeff Wise, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
At the outlaw gig, a Dead City fan was shot in the head by a police projectile and left bloody and disoriented.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Jurors later saw body camera video capturing the aftermath — Arielle bloodied, disoriented and struggling to stay conscious as bystanders tried to help her.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
According to quantum mechanics, even at absolute zero, particles retain some energy and remain disoriented – their quantum ground state.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Her early death, after an illness that the father initially contrives to ignore then notices just in time to capture her desperation in a fine sketch, leaves Mimí utterly disoriented, yearning only to achieve a level of self-control and detachment that will spare him their tumultuous struggle.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
At a recent promotional event at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles, onlookers described Minnelli as appearing fragile and occasionally disoriented during a Q&A session.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Meyerson had become frail and disoriented by the spring of 2019.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Then, over the ocean west of Martha’s Vineyard, John became spatially disoriented and lost control.
—Jeff Wise, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disoriented
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The Rockets were confused, Durant being a late scratch and their attack being lost without him, Reed Sheppard and Amen Thompson combining for 38 shots and a bunch of misses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Several residents say they were left scared and confused as strong winds and heavy rain moved through the area.—
Hannah McIlree,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Netizens were bewildered by the latest pivot, resulting in plenty of mockery on social media.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
16 Apr. 2026
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Now, many millions of Americans are bewildered by events.—
David French,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His award recognizes his contributions to settle several questions in differential geometry that had puzzled mathematicians since the 1970s and 1980s.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The diminutive scale of Giacometti’s proposal—a nondescript bust atop a small square base—puzzled his colleagues.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Perry says that the label wanted to call the record 4 Non Blondes, which baffled her.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Brotherly Bultema Battery of junior pitcher Maddux and sophomore catcher Nolan had the South Lake hitters baffled.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2026
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Baer appeared perplexed by this coy pretense of innocence.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Stocks’ march higher in the face of deepening geopolitical uncertainty is leaving some on Wall Street increasingly perplexed.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Disoriented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoriented. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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