Meanings
verbdisorient (third-person singular simple present disorients, present participle disorienting, simple past and past participle disoriented)
present singular third person disorients · participle present disorienting · participle past disoriented · past disoriented · alternative proscribed sometimes disorientate
- To cause to lose orientation or direction.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Middle Frenchdes-
- Frenchdés-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
- Proto-Italic*oriōr
- Latinorior
- Latinorientem
- Frenchorient
- Frenchorienter
- Frenchdésorienter
- Englishdisorient
Borrowed from French désorienter.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разориентирам, обърквам
- разориентирам (razorientiram)to cause to lose orientation or direction
- обърквам (obărkvam)to cause to lose orientation or direction
Danish desorientere
- desorientereto cause to lose orientation or direction
Finnish eksyttää, harhauttaa
- eksyttääto cause to lose orientation or direction
- harhauttaato cause to lose orientation or direction
French désorienter
- désorienterto cause to lose orientation or direction
German desorientieren, verwirren
- desorientierento cause to lose orientation or direction
- verwirrento cause to lose orientation or direction
Hungarian összezavar, félrevezet
- összezavarto cause to lose orientation or direction
- félrevezetto cause to lose orientation or direction
- eltérítto cause to lose orientation or direction
- dezorientálto cause to lose orientation or direction
Icelandic rugla, rugla í ríminu
- ruglato cause to lose orientation or direction
- rugla í ríminuto cause to lose orientation or direction
- gera ringlaðanto cause to lose orientation or direction
- láta tapa áttumto cause to lose orientation or direction
- villa um fyrirto cause to lose orientation or direction
- slá út af laginuto cause to lose orientation or direction
- gera áttavilltanto cause to lose orientation or direction
Italian disorientare
- disorientareto cause to lose orientation or direction
Norwegian Bokmål desorientere
- desorientereto cause to lose orientation or direction
Polish dezorientować, zdezorientować
- dezorientowaćto cause to lose orientation or direction
- zdezorientowaćto cause to lose orientation or direction
Russian дезориенти́ровать
- дезориенти́ровать (dezorijentírovatʹ)to cause to lose orientation or direction
Spanish desorientar, perder el norte
- desorientarto cause to lose orientation or direction
- perder el norteto cause to lose orientation or direction
Cite this entry
APA
disorient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disorient
MLA
“disorient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disorient. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disorient,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disorient.
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