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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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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