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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disoriented
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At first, the fire had left them shocked and disoriented.
▪ The pilot became disoriented in bad weather over the ocean.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Everybody is exhausted and disoriented after three weeks on the road.
▪ He sat up, feeling weak, disoriented.
▪ I come out of the theater feeling disoriented.
▪ Jean-Pierre felt faintly disoriented by it.
▪ Mrs Roberts, indeed, who felt completely disoriented, clung on absurdly to the reality of Martin Parr.
▪ That the Assistant Manager emerged later in the day at the same door similarly disoriented is not in doubt either.
▪ The drumming disoriented him, the darkness frightened him; he shouted out.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
disoriented

disoriented \disoriented\ adj.

  1. having lost one's bearings physically or mentally. I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway;the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

    Syn: confused, lost.

  2. socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.

    Syn: alienated, anomic.

Wiktionary
disoriented

  1. Having lost one's direction; confused. v

  2. (en-past of: disorient)

WordNet
disoriented

  1. adj. 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" [syn: confused, lost]

  2. socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people" [syn: alienated, anomic]

Usage examples of "disoriented".

I felt strangely disoriented all day and had difficulty in forcing myself to move.

You woke from a deep sleep to find yourself in a new place, it is not uncommon to be disoriented under such conditions.

Then she turned off the empathetical broadcast completely, knowing its cessation would leave the victims disoriented enough to cause no further trouble.

The locals say it's a way of communicating with the planet, and you have to be willing to be touched by it or you can become disoriented enough to be in the same shape as Metaxos.

She was also still slightly disoriented after long inactivity on the pirate ship.

Fatigue and the tremendous strain disoriented him and at first he couldn't identify the figure standing imperiously in front of him.

Diving blind into the fog disoriented Moreta despite her absolute faith in Malth.

He stole food from campers the next evening, still disoriented, not remembering that he had marks enough, tucked inside his waistband, to buy whatever he needed.

Considering his disoriented bronze riders, a man as intelligent as N'ton might extrapolate the truth.

She felt fuzzy and disoriented, and she blinked at the dark form that rose from a chair beside the bed.

On the other hand, Susan felt disoriented and none of the familiar boardroom rituals or words made any sense.

He thought she might not remember the night very clearly, because she’d been fever­ish and disoriented, but he wanted her to remember.

It didn't help that his look of triumph was immediately gone, because it left her feeling disoriented, not knowing anything for certain.

Her legs were trembling, she was dizzy and disoriented, but somehow her feet moved as Grant pulled her through the forest at breakneck speed.

The contrast between that non-threatening kiss and his very threatening position between her legs disoriented her.