DISORIENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they disorient ... he / she / it disorients

Past simple: disoriented

Past participle: disoriented

-ing form: disorienting

Meaning:

Cause to be lost or disoriented

Synonyms:

disorient; disorientate

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "disorient" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

orient (determine one's position with reference to another point)

Derivation:

disorientation (confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction)