English language

How to pronounce disorientation in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms freak out
Type of delusion, hallucination
Type Words
Type of disarray, muddiness, confusion, confusedness, mental confusion
Has types culture shock
Derivation disorient


his disorientation was the result of inattention.

Examples of disorientation

disorientation
Loss of hearing for these animals could result in disorientation and strandings.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
They had to blow a timeout when disorientation set in during the fourth quarter.
From the suntimes.com
His wife, who neighbors say was prone to dementia and disorientation, was dead.
From the newsobserver.com
Other horses in the caravan shuddered, bobbed and stumbled with disorientation.
From the washingtonpost.com
He talks about the disorientation of the move and his extraordinary stepfather.
From the guardian.co.uk
Such low frequencies can induce nausea, headache, disorientation and dizziness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You have to push yourself a little bit at first to get over the disorientation.
From the suntimes.com
A person unaccustomed to its vastness is susceptible to optical disorientation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An indoor feline is likely to roam far away from home in panic and disorientation.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • A wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
  • Confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction; "his disorientation was the result of inattention"
  • (disorient) cause to be lost or disoriented
  • (disoriented) confused: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
  • Alienated: socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"
  • (disorienting) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings; "making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting"; "a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting"
  • Orientation is a function of the mind involving awareness of three dimensions: time, place and person. Problems with orientation lead to disorientation, and can be due to various conditions, from delirium to intoxication. ...
  • (Disorient) Mr Bongo Records is a Brighton based independent record label and publishing company specialising in world music. It was formed in 1989 by David 'Mr Bongo' Buttle and operated out of London until 2003.
  • The loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's position in relationship with the surroundings; a state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity; a delusion