as in bewildered
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of disoriented
Pink Light centers on Scott, a trans man and an ex-pro hockey player who is left disoriented after being hit while playing in a beer league hockey game.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Four hikers who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms were rescued in New York’s Catskill Mountains after becoming disoriented and straying off the trail, officials said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The driver appeared to be disoriented but conscious at the scene, according to the video posted online by the Pickett family.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Symptoms vary, but can include deer appearing disoriented, showing little to no fear of humans, appearing feverish, having respiratory distress, and pronounced swelling of head, neck, tongue and eyelids.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
The bird may become dehydrated or disoriented, and in some cases, lose consciousness and fall from their perches.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
In addition to beginning with something that more explicitly resembles the films, this restructuring provides just enough context so that what follows once the ship has crashed in New Siam makes more sense, and is scarier, than if we were disoriented the whole time.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Four hikers who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms were rescued in New York’s Catskill Mountains after becoming disoriented and straying off the trail, officials said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The driver appeared to be disoriented but conscious at the scene, according to the video posted online by the Pickett family.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Symptoms vary, but can include deer appearing disoriented, showing little to no fear of humans, appearing feverish, having respiratory distress, and pronounced swelling of head, neck, tongue and eyelids.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
The bird may become dehydrated or disoriented, and in some cases, lose consciousness and fall from their perches.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
In addition to beginning with something that more explicitly resembles the films, this restructuring provides just enough context so that what follows once the ship has crashed in New Siam makes more sense, and is scarier, than if we were disoriented the whole time.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disoriented
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Finally, the object had an unusual shape that puzzled astronomers.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This mystery puzzled scientists because ice was not supposed to behave like that.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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At one point, O’Steen was confused by a question, and the resulting back-and-forth was reminiscent of an Abbott and Costello repartee.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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It should not be confused with Article 5, the cornerstone of the alliance, which states an armed attack on one NATO ally will be considered an act of violence against all members and prompt assistance to the member concerned.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement But days after the shooting, authorities have yet to discover a coherent motive for the killing of Kirk—the founder of Turning Point USA and a popular figure on the American right—and experts on extremism are similarly baffled by the possible motivations.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
13 Sep. 2025
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The result is a set of policies that has baffled some China experts, or at least raised questions about the president’s stance on America’s friendly rival.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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For nearly 20 years, astronomers have been perplexed by the strange disk of dust and debris circling Fomalhaut, a bright star just 25 light-years from Earth.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many historians have been perplexed by how such a seemingly simple man as Shakespeare could have written works of such grandeur and depth.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Disoriented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoriented. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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