disoriented Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be lost or disoriented
    disorientate; disorient.
  2. adjective satellite having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
    confused; lost.
    • I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
    • the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
  3. adjective satellite socially disoriented
    alienated; anomic.
    • anomic loners musing over their fate
    • we live in an age of rootless alienated people

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