disorientate
verb (used with object)
to disorient.
disorientation
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a word derived from
disorientate.
Example Sentences
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Once the audience gets past their disorientation, the slapstick triggers enough silly goodwill that my auditorium squeezed out generous spurts of applause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Both actors gently expose their characters’ dislocation and disorientation as they grapple with the void in their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
In June, staff at Barnsley Hospital struggled to diagnose her symptoms - hallucinations, disorientation and high anxiety - and referred her to the mental health team.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Liz Plank, on her Substack, describes the nausea and disorientation felt by women realizing this past week that we had all been gaslit yet again.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
Yet when straight men treated him like a bro, he felt a familiar sense of disorientation.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
