- present participle of disorient.
disorienting
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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
It’s also important to remember that grief is disorienting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
There is something genuinely disorienting about reading all of this in a Senate oversight letter and arriving at Taco Bell as the comparatively lucid party.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
A collaged print by Liu Shiyuan presents a dizzying array of images—fruit, bees, jellyfish, shrouded figures, fabric samples—that is more disorienting than anything else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
As if she were coming awake after a disorienting dream, awareness flooded into her.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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