What does disorienting mean?
Definitions for disorienting
dis·ori·ent·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
disorientingadjective
causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
"making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting"
GCIDE
disorientingadjective
causing disorientation: causing confusion of directions. Also See: unoriented. Antonym: orienting
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disorienting
Disorienting refers to causing someone to lose their sense of direction, confusion, position, or relationship to their surroundings. It may also refer to a situation that makes someone feel they lack clarity or lose their clear thinking or understanding.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disorienting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disorienting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of disorienting in a Sentence
The whole thing has been very painful for me, the accounts I’ve read and heard have been disturbing, distressing and disorienting and it’s completely unacceptable that any woman at the‘Today’show experienced this kind of treatment.
We realized that appearing in a Super Bowl for only the third time — and first time since losing to the Patriots in 2005 — was disorienting for Philadelphia fans and that clarity on acceptable items to bring in our park should be offered, given the Patriots are appearing in their record-extending 10th Super Bowl, we understand this information may not be needed by most park visitors.
Our inner clock, whose timing cycle does not necessarily match day and night outdoors, needs to stay in sync with rest-activity cycles dictated by family and work life, this is both very disorienting and a trigger for mood slumps and depression.
A growth spurt feeling, you’re becoming larger. It can be disorienting when you’re in the middle of it.
When I first started looking at (the photos), when I first started printing them, it was very disorienting, i would see constellations and I would see a roiling, turbulent sky. ... The more I print them, the more I see them as a kind of design.
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