disorienting
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˌdɪsˈɔːrɪˌɛntɪŋ/
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desorientador
- We talked about how disorienting it is to be in unfamiliar places.
- a disorienting experience
- disorienting effects
The affected people describe those sounds as sharp, disorienting, or oddly focused.
- The affected people describe those sounds as sharp, disorienting, or oddly focused.
- But it had to be completely disorienting when this when this happened.
- You know, it's all very confusing and disorienting.
- It was disorienting because it was it was like whiplash in a way.
- The letter is a disorienting mishmash of dry legal language mixed in with Trump's signature angry word smoothies.
- The problem, the problem was because the technology was not there yet, the frame rate was so slow, it was completely disorienting.
- But like, that must be very disorienting and destabilizing to not have a good way to value what to say yes or no to.
- It can be really, really disorienting and disarming for a child who looks to their parent for nurturance, consistency, safety, and warmth.
- It's very disorienting because there was no planning in the sense of there's no, you know, disclosure agreements.
- It was so painful and again and re disorienting.
Examples
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Well, Harvey... ...I know the last few hours must have been incredibly painful and disorienting.
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You can imagine just how incredibly disorienting these sieges must have been.
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I know how disorienting this must be.
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Losing one's parents, especially so suddenly, can be deeply disorienting.
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While useful, this solution can prove disorienting and confusing, since app order is constantly changing.
Blog text (17) -
And one of the most disorienting experiences I know is being a guest in someone else's house.
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The book can be a bit disorienting if you're not paying attention.
Blog text (30) -
The sensation was disorienting and mildly hypnotic, and it was heightened by the strange acoustics.
Academic text (2007) -
The four images of a young woman interchange portraits from minimally differing perspectives with abrupt, disorienting blowups of individual aspects of her face.
Academic text (2003) -
Moving to a new city without a map can be quite disorienting for someone unfamiliar with the area.
Synonyms
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3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
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7.2
Making you feel confused or uneasy
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6.4
Hard to understand and causing confusion
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6.7
Making people feel confused because it is hard to understand
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5.2
Causing a lot of confusion and making things hard to understand
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7.3
Causing someone to feel confused
Causes someone to be unable to think or feel clearly
Antonyms
How Disorienting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disorienting comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'not' and orient meaning 'to find direction', as in orientation. So, something disorienting makes you lose your sense of direction or feel confused.