Verb: disorient dis'o-ree,ent or dis'o-ree-unt
- Cause to lose one's bearings or sense of direction; confuse
"The sudden bright lights disorientd the driver";
- disorientate
Derived forms: disoriented, disorienting, disorients
Type of: baffle, beat, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate [informal], dumbfound, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, throw, vex
Antonym: orient
Encyclopedia: Disorient