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Disoriented   Listen
adjective
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"
Synonyms: confused, lost.
2.
Socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.
Synonyms: alienated, anomic.





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"Disoriented" Quotes from Famous Books



... out on the rim, the wheel had not been turning. There'd been no reference of up and down, other than the rim itself as an oddly curved floor. Now he felt disoriented. The wheel was spinning, the hub, therefore, seemed "up." And from the edge of the rim where he clung to its hairnet, ...
— Where I Wasn't Going • Walt Richmond
... everybody who lived here was disoriented, dwelling in that unending abjection produced by everlasting, irremediable poverty; many sloughed their occupations as a reptile its skin; others had none; some carpenters' or masons' helpers, because of their lack of initiative, understanding ...
— The Quest • Pio Baroja


Words linked to "Disoriented" :   confused, unoriented, lost


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