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 ]
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 socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.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 ]
[めがくらむ, megakuramu] (exp, v5m) (1) to be dizzy; to be disoriented; (2) to be dazzled; (3) (See 金に目が眩む) to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.) [Add to Longdo]
[くらむ, kuramu] (v5m, vi) (1) to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be disoriented by; (2) to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (3) (arch) to become dark [Add to Longdo]
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