What does disoriented mean?
Definitions for disoriented
dis·ori·ent·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
confused, disoriented, lostadjective
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
"I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
alienated, anomic, disorientedadjective
socially disoriented
"anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"
GCIDE
disorientedadjective
socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.
Wiktionary
disorientedadjective
Having lost one's direction; confused.
Wikipedia
disoriented
Orientation is a function of the mind involving awareness of three dimensions: time, place and person. Problems with orientation lead to disorientation, and can be due to various conditions, from delirium to intoxication. Typically, disorientation is first in time, then in place and finally in person.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disoriented in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disoriented in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of disoriented in a Sentence
Never have I found MAN so interesting for his disoriented and unharmonious nature yet so adamant in his actions, a resultant effect of unconscious state, making him a subject of mystery!”
Deaf, blind and disoriented, Tosca was found stumbling around in her cage on Monday, she lost her sense of smell. It was a pathetic sight. Veterinarians, animal protection officials and zoo officials came to a joint decision to put the elderly Tosca out of her misery.
When Robert [King] tells you that he gets disoriented physically, I can tell him that people who are chronically depressed have a shrunken hippocampus, and that that affects your ability to orient in space, in 3D.
An in-depth investigation found that Pastor Brian became disoriented... following the consumption of anti-anxiety medication beyond the prescribed dose, mixed with alcohol.
She injured her head on a tree, she was very disoriented as a result and thankfully ended up near a water source -- a river bed. She thought her best chance of survival was to stay next to a water source.
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- desorientiertGerman
- desorientadoSpanish
- déboussoléFrench
- गुमराहHindi
- bingungIndonesian
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