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disorientation

See definition of disorientation on Dictionary.com
  • as inbewilderment
  • as inconfusion

synonyms for disorientation

  • confusion
  • perplexity
  • bafflement
  • daze
  • discombobulation
  • surprise
  • bewilderment
  • distraction
  • embarrassment
  • turbulence
  • turmoil
  • abashment
  • agitation
  • befuddlement
  • bemusement
  • chagrin
  • commotion
  • demoralization
  • discomfiture
  • dither
  • flap
  • fluster
  • lather
  • perplexity
  • perturbation
  • pother
  • puzzlement
  • stew
  • tumult
  • befuddling
  • blurring
  • confounding
  • discomfiting
  • disturbing
  • dumbfounding
  • embarrassing
  • mixup mystification
  • obscuring
  • perplexing
  • stirring up
  • unsettling
  • upsetting

antonyms for disorientation

MOST RELEVANT
  • expectation
  • calm
  • peace
  • calmness
  • happiness
  • clarity
  • composure
  • method
  • order
  • organization
  • orientation
  • sense
  • system
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How to use disorientation in a sentence

We jumped again, the sickness of disorientation forcing a moan from the girl, and darkness shivered round us.
THE DOOR THROUGH SPACEMARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
The disorientation continues with Bell's suggestion to travel south or west.
THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERASJULES VERNE
The feeling of disorientation and foreignness was new to Perry.
MAKERSCORY DOCTOROW
You are suffering from distorted perception—illusions and hallucinations, disorientation.
A THOUGHT FOR TOMORROWROBERT E. GILBERT
Drugged with fatigue, the younger man slept, awaking to full day, a fog of bewilderment and disorientation.
STAR HUNTERANDRE ALICE NORTON
Disorientation is a state of mental confusion as to time, place, or identity.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY FOR NURSESMARY F. PORTER
The sense of disorientation set up by the tractors was subsiding.
ALARM CLOCKEVERETT B. COLE
This morning, however, the sense of disorientation did not pass with full wakefulness.
MONKEY ON HIS BACKCHARLES V. DE VET
There was an elusive sense of disorientation, a feeling of something overlooked.
THE SHORT LIFEFRANCIS DONOVAN
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WORDS RELATED TO DISORIENTATION

  • bafflement
  • confusion
  • daze
  • discombobulation
  • disorientation
  • perplexity
  • surprise
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.