DISORIENTED
alienated, anomic, disoriented
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
confused, disoriented, lost
(adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; “I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway”; “the anesthetic left her completely disoriented”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disoriented
simple past tense and past participle of disorient
Adjective
disoriented (comparative more disoriented, superlative most disoriented)
Having lost one's direction; confused.
Source: Wiktionary
DISORIENT
Dis*o"ri*ent, v. t.
Definition: To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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