- present participle of disorient.
disorienting
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To reduce the risk of disorienting light, sound and crowds, the release won’t be publicly announced in advance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Ross's murder and the disorienting mission ultimately confused everyone, with the round table being the most random of the series so far.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
But the overall effect can be disjointed and disorienting.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
It’s also important to remember that grief is disorienting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Their smiles were bright, and they gave us the thumbs-up as we rolled past them, as if they had known us from somewhere else, which just reinforced my disorienting feeling of familiarity.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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