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disorienting

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verb

present participle of disorient

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Recent Examples of disorienting
Adjective
There was a collective response to that, and incredibly disorienting for all of us. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 This kind of familial conflict can also be quite disorienting as you’re left to wonder what might have caused such a strong and severe reaction from your son. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Exploring unlikely and opposing ideas presented by AI can feel disorienting. — Monideepa Tarafdar, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 The setup can feel a little disorienting on your first visit. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, state lawmakers have held Missouri Supreme Court judges responsible for the disorienting legal battles that left the state’s congressional map uncertain. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 The collection explores the disorienting pull of a space that makes its visitors lose their sense of self. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 To emerge from that edit cave into the spotlight of public reaction must be disorienting. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026 At 4,000 lumens reaching up to 241 yards, a full blast of this light aimed at someone’s eyes is genuinely disorienting in the dark. — Karen Leblanc, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
Each step sends a ripple through the spongy, thin mat, a slow undulating motion beneath your feet that surprises the senses, disorienting yet simultaneously strangely delightful. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 While Macbeth is constantly crawling out of his skin, Kelsey sings the role with a relaxed confidence that is a pleasure to listen to, if dramatically disorienting. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 For the band at the center of it all, the sudden increase in attention was disorienting at times. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026 The director and his DP Cristiano Di Nicola create striking visuals, with a strong sense of composition and lots of woozy, disorienting angles. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 That absence of information, like the partial sensory deprivation of entering down the dark stairway, can be disorienting. — Michael Joseph Gross, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026 All that before disorienting and incapacitating a potential school shooter in about a minute. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 Residents should also keep their blinds closed at night to prevent indoor lighting from disorienting turtles. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 By surrounding Brazilian funk’s fundamental elements with uncanny violin samples and disorienting synths, Agazero seems to offer a bleak vision of the way the country’s most popular genre has been distorted and misrepresented overseas. — Amanda Cavalcanti, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorienting
Adjective
  • Colette, our winsome young narrator played by Sophia Anne Caruso, will soon go on to provide a bit of explanation that only makes things more confusing.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Here are the top 6 confusing things about El Niño, as relayed to CNN via meteorologists and climate scientists.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Their admirable determination makes Diamantis’ flight from the United States baffling for us and humiliating for them.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The sequel, on the other hand, is shaped by baffling decisions from director Susanne Bier and cinematographer Simon Duggan that render the film antiseptic.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • More perplexing is the industry’s retreat despite evidence that diversity is in its economic interest.
    — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Not Kendall, nor Candle, but a third, even more perplexing name for a dog.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The threats are constantly evolving, layering upon themselves with bewildering speed.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But these casting decisions are bewildering, to say the least, and will certainly cost the film ticket sales and potential revenue.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • Its study of dark matter and dark energy could also give scientists new insights into two of the most confounding puzzles in astronomy.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Grief is one of the most confounding aspects of the human experience.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • To read her book is to be reminded that childhood can be a puzzling passage for anyone, even in an ostensibly simpler time and place.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026
  • This sort of puzzling connection between text and image is repeated throughout the exhibition.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The mystifying hexagon, unlike anything else seen in the solar system, has persisted long enough for four spacecraft to observe it above the gas giant – including the iconic Hubble Space Telescope.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If you were born with Libra rising, your second house of money is passionate and Plutonian, ruled by the sultry and mystifying sign of Scorpio.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • But the future of early-career employment is increasingly ambiguous, largely due to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • From here on out, the authorship of Tae-ju’s life is ambiguous, as well as constantly in flux, buffeted by the whims and suggestions of others, as well as by her own impulses.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Disorienting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorienting. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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