Adjective: disorienting ,dis'o-ree,en-ting
- Causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
"making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting"
- Cause to lose one's bearings or sense of direction; confuse
"The sudden bright lights disorientd the driver";
- disorientate
See also: confusing, estranging, stunning, stupefying, unoriented
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, orientating
Encyclopedia: Disorient