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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. alienated, anomic, disorientedadjective

    socially disoriented

    "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"

GCIDE

  1. disorientedadjective

    socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.

Wiktionary

  1. disorientedadjective

    Having lost one's direction; confused.

Wikipedia

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. disoriented

    Disoriented refers to a state of mental confusion or loss of one's sense of direction, time, identity, or circumstances. It can occur due to a multitude of reasons including illness, fatigue, stress, or substance use. It is a state of not being able to correctly perceive or understand one's surroundings or situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disoriented in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disoriented in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of disoriented in a Sentence

  1. Gilles Peress:

    The beginning of the century was extremely chaotic and very, very intense and almost everybody was left disoriented in terms of what to think, what to do, what to feel.

  2. The Hillsong Global Board:

    An in-depth investigation found that Pastor Brian became disoriented... following the consumption of anti-anxiety medication beyond the prescribed dose, mixed with alcohol.

  3. Christiane Northrup:

    People are getting disoriented -- kind of starting to lose it cognitively.

  4. Medard Bitekyerezo:

    The U.S. Supreme Court's declaration shows the West has become totally disoriented and descended into a Sodom and Gomorrah society, but that's their business - they can't impose it on us.

  5. Julieta Robles:

    When she came home that night, she was disoriented.

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