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disorienting

disorienting adjective: that causes disorientation; confusing. Also the present participle and gerund of disorient.

Adjective

disorienting (comparative more disorienting, superlative most disorienting)

  1. That causes disorientation; confusing.
    • But as you begin to take all the different perspectives into account, it gets very dizzifying, very aperspectival, very disorienting.2007, Ken Wilber, A Brief History of Everything, page 289
    • There are few experiences more disorienting than hearing the words, “You have cancer.”2017, Vicki A. Jackson, David P. Ryan, Michelle D. Seaton, Living with Cancer, page vii

Also used as

disorienting is also the present participle and gerund of disorient.

Forms of disorienting

comparativemore disorienting
superlativemost disorienting

Words formed from disorienting

Questions about disorienting

What does disorienting mean?
Disorienting means that causes disorientation; confusing.
What part of speech is disorienting?
Disorienting is an adjective.

Words near disorienting in the dictionary

  1. disoriented
  2. disorientedly
  3. disorientedness
  4. disorienter
  5. disorienters
  6. disorienting
  7. disorientingly
  8. disorients
  9. disour
  10. disours
  11. disown

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