Antonyms for disoriented


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dis-awr-ee-en-tid, -ohr-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈɔr iˌɛn tɪd, -ˈoʊr-


Definition of disoriented

Origin :
  • 1650s, from French désorienter "to cause to lose one's bearings," literally "to turn from the east," from dés- (see dis-) + orienter (see orient (v.)). Related: Disoriented; disorienting.
  • adj confused, unstable
Example sentences :
  • Moran went along the disoriented passages of the Malabar to the lock.
  • Extract from : « Planet of Dread » by Murray Leinster
  • A force seized and flung him, distorted and disoriented, to infinity.
  • Extract from : « Assignment's End » by Roger Dee
  • They are disoriented and do not seem to understand the questions put to them.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • The overlay of his, what, his inner beauty on that exterior, it disoriented her.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • In spite of himself he slept again, and roused, feeling ill and disoriented, in total dark.
  • Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn
  • Without this he would have been a pitiful figure, disoriented, and inharmonious with the world into which he was born.
  • Extract from : « William Morris » by Elizabeth Luther Cary

Synonyms for disoriented

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