Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective causing disorientation: causing confusion of directions.
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- verb Present participle of
disorient .
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- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
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Examples
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I wonder if part of why it's so disorienting is that I've played so much tetris that my brain expects different results.
That and this chezmax 2010
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Called a "disorienting revue" in promotional materials, it is not an easy one to describe.
Learning From A Rave Revue Lizzie Simon 2011
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Thoroughly disorienting, which is what makes it so intriguing.
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And yet I find the notion disorienting to contemplate: there are not enough drugs for women to take during pregnancy.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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First, the weirdness is poured on so heavily that it's disorienting, which is fine by itself, but which in this case made it more difficult to care about the characters and the story.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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The nuances of the architecture are often disorienting, which is a feeling I had repeatedly while reading
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The nuances of the architecture are often disorienting, which is a feeling I had repeatedly while reading
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It's Benjamin Button's ugly brother showing his reality through his own kind of disorienting cinematic dreamscape.
Kim Morgan: Charlie Kaufman Is A Humble Genius. 'Synecdoche' At Ebertfest 2010
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It's Benjamin Button's incredibly ugly brother showing his reality through his own kind of disorienting, head tripcinematic dreamscape.
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Though they don't rock as hard, and it's possible that the Jesus and Mary Chain could set up some kind of disorienting wall of guitar feedback or something.
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