slovo | definícia |
disorient (encz) | disorient,poplést v: Zdeněk Brož |
Disorient (gcide) | Disorient \Dis*o"ri*ent\, v. t.
1. To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is
east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] --Bp.
Warburton.
[1913 Webster]
2. to cause (a person) to lose one's sense of direction; to
cause to lose one's bearings or way; as, the tourist was
disoriented by the winding and narrow streets.
[PJC]
3. (Psychiatry) to cause one to lose one's sense of time or
place, or of one's own personal identity.
[PJC]
4. to confuse (a person) by changing or removing something
which has served as a standard or guide to action; as,
workers were rendered unemployed and disoriented by the
rapid changes in the markets.
[PJC] |
disorient (wn) | disorient
v 1: cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient,
disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
disorientate (mass) | disorientate
- zmiasť |
disorient (encz) | disorient,poplést v: Zdeněk Brož |
disorientate (encz) | disorientate,dezorientovat v: Zdeněk Broždisorientate,zmást v: Zdeněk Brož |
disorientated (encz) | disorientated,dezorientoval v: Zdeněk Broždisorientated,dezorientovaný adj: Zdeněk Broždisorientated,zmátl v: Zdeněk Brož |
disorientating (encz) | disorientating, |
disorientation (encz) | disorientation,dezorientace n: Zdeněk Brož |
disoriented (encz) | disoriented, adj: |
disorienting (encz) | disorienting, adj: |
Disorientate (gcide) | Disorientate \Dis*o"ri*en*tate\, v. t.
To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right
or the truth. [R.]
[1913 Webster] |
disoriented (gcide) | disoriented \disoriented\ adj.
1. having lost one's bearings physically or mentally. I
frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of
the subway;the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Syn: confused, lost.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.
Syn: alienated, anomic.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
disorienting (gcide) | disorienting \disorienting\ adj.
1. causing disorientation: causing confusion of directions.
Also See: unoriented. Antonym: orienting
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
disorient (wn) | disorient
v 1: cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient,
disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate] |
disorientate (wn) | disorientate
v 1: cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient,
disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate] |
disorientation (wn) | disorientation
n 1: a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic
drug) [syn: disorientation, freak out]
2: confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to
proceed; uncertainty as to direction; "his disorientation was
the result of inattention" |
disoriented (wn) | disoriented
adj 1: 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" [syn:
confused, disoriented, lost]
2: socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate";
"we live in an age of rootless alienated people" [syn:
alienated, anomic, disoriented] |
disorienting (wn) | disorienting
adj 1: 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" [ant: orientating, orienting] |
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