disorientate
verb (used with object)
to disorient.
disorientated
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past participleof disorientate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disorientate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Today many of us are as likely to be disorientated by his fondness for folklore and myth, his assumptions about religion and social order, and his immersion in the conventions of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Asked what happened when Sarm disappeared, David Cattie said Mr Bane believed Sarm perhaps hit her head and fell overboard, or had become disorientated while swimming, lost her way and drowned.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
"It's quite easy for patients who are quite unwell to get disorientated in an emergency department which then complicates their recovery and the outcomes for their care."
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
Looking breathless and disorientated, he spun on the spot, goggling upward at the emerald-green skull.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
