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DISORIENTED

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• DISORIENTED (adjective)
The adjective DISORIENTED has 2 senses:

1. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
2. socially disoriented

Familiarity information: DISORIENTED used as an adjective is rare.

• DISORIENTED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

Synonyms:

disoriented; lost; confused

Context examples:

I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway / the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

Similar:

unoriented (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Socially disoriented

Synonyms:

alienated; anomic; disoriented

Context examples:

anomic loners musing over their fate / we live in an age of rootless alienated people

Similar:

unoriented (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained)

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(English proverb)
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(Bhutanese proverb)
"They whom got shy, died."
(Arabic proverb)
"A fine rain still soaks you to the bone, but no one takes it seriously."
(Corsican proverb)

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