"disorient" meaning in English

See disorient in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈɔːɹi.ənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disorient.wav Forms: disorients [present, singular, third-person], disorienting [participle, present], disoriented [participle, past], disoriented [past]
Etymology: From French désorienter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|désorienter}} French désorienter Head templates: {{en-verb}} disorient (third-person singular simple present disorients, present participle disorienting, simple past and past participle disoriented)
  1. To cause to lose orientation or direction. Translations (to cause to lose orientation or direction): разориентирам (razorientiram) (Bulgarian), обърквам (obǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), eksyttää (Finnish), harhauttaa (Finnish), désorienter (French), desorientieren (German), verwirren (German), összezavar (Hungarian), félrevezet (Hungarian), eltérít (Hungarian), dezorientál (Hungarian), rugla (Icelandic), rugla í ríminu (Icelandic), gera ringlaðan (Icelandic), láta tapa áttum (Icelandic), villa um fyrir (Icelandic), slá út af laginu (Icelandic), gera áttavilltan (Icelandic), öksyttää (Ingrian), disorientare (Italian), desorientere (Norwegian Bokmål), desorientere (Norwegian Nynorsk), dezorientować [imperfective] (Polish), zdezorientować [perfective] (Polish), дезориентировать (dezorijentirovatʹ) (Russian), dezorijentírati (Serbo-Croatian), desorientar (Spanish), perder el norte (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-disorient-en-verb-Krwllphl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'to cause to lose orientation or direction': 99 1
  2. To confuse or befuddle.
    Sense id: en-disorient-en-verb-RXOKxrOZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disorientate [proscribed, sometimes]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to cause to lose orientation or direction",
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      "word": "slá út af laginu"
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