disorientate
verb
dis·ori·en·tate
(ˌ)dis-ˈȯr-ē-ən-ˌtāt 
-ē-ˌen-
-ē-ˌen-
disorientated; disorientating; disorientates
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Family members who checked on the couple called 911 after finding the man unresponsive in the living room and his girlfriend shivering and disorientated in the bedroom, the fire marshal said.
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Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
Eleven rescuers were dispatched to the team who appeared to be disorientated in the Stoneycroft, Newlands and Seathwaite area of the national park in northwestern England.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
Its hallways were disorientating, narrow, windowless and lined with identical-looking doors.
—New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
So when the film's recreation of that same image was projected over the dance floor in Berlin, with party music blasting and a bar serving free-flowing cocktails nearby, many attendees were disorientated, if not disturbed.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020
Dee Rees has stumbled badly with her adaptation of Joan Didion’s novel of the same name, creating a messy, disorientating and meandering film.
—Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2020
Often triggered by intense motion such as rollercoasters or rides, motion sickness can also happen while merely being a passenger in a car, leaving the individual disorientated.
—chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
Thankfully, higher brain areas assemble these fragments into a coherent whole-otherwise all our friends might look like Picasso's disorientating paintings of his muse Dora Maar.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
The movie is disorientating you in all of Grace's layers of life.
—Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
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Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
Eleven rescuers were dispatched to the team who appeared to be disorientated in the Stoneycroft, Newlands and Seathwaite area of the national park in northwestern England.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
Its hallways were disorientating, narrow, windowless and lined with identical-looking doors.
—New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
So when the film's recreation of that same image was projected over the dance floor in Berlin, with party music blasting and a bar serving free-flowing cocktails nearby, many attendees were disorientated, if not disturbed.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020
Dee Rees has stumbled badly with her adaptation of Joan Didion’s novel of the same name, creating a messy, disorientating and meandering film.
—Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2020
Often triggered by intense motion such as rollercoasters or rides, motion sickness can also happen while merely being a passenger in a car, leaving the individual disorientated.
—chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
Thankfully, higher brain areas assemble these fragments into a coherent whole-otherwise all our friends might look like Picasso's disorientating paintings of his muse Dora Maar.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
The movie is disorientating you in all of Grace's layers of life.
—Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
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“Disorientate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disorientate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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