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Meaning of "disorienting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISORIENTING

disorienting  [dɪsˈɔːrɪɛntɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISORIENTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disorienting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISORIENTING


accounting
əˈkaʊntɪŋ
consenting
kənˈsɛntɪŋ
counting
ˈkaʊntɪŋ
disappointing
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
dissenting
dɪˈsɛntɪŋ
enchanting
ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ
eventing
ɪˈvɛntɪŋ
haunting
ˈhɔːntɪŋ
hunting
ˈhʌntɪŋ
mounting
ˈmaʊntɪŋ
painting
ˈpeɪntɪŋ
parenting
ˈpɛərəntɪŋ
planting
ˈplɑːntɪŋ
pointing
ˈpɔɪntɪŋ
printing
ˈprɪntɪŋ
unconsenting
ˌʌnkənˈsɛntɪŋ
unrelenting
ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ
unrepenting
ˌʌnrɪˈpɛntɪŋ
venting
ˈvɛntɪŋ
wanting
ˈwɒntɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISORIENTING

disorderliness
disorderly
disorderly conduct
disorderly house
disordinate
disordinately
disorganic
disorganise
disorganiser
disorganization
disorganize
disorganized
disorganizer
disorient
disorientate
disorientated
disorientating
disorientation
disoriented
disown

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISORIENTING

acting
anting
banting
bunting
business accounting
business-accounting
chanting
cost accounting
DNA fingerprinting
face painting
financial accounting
house-hunting
merchanting
not counting
offset printing
oil painting
panting
ranting
rock painting
screen printing
taunting

Synonyms and antonyms of disorienting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISORIENTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disorienting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disorienting

Translation of «disorienting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISORIENTING

Find out the translation of disorienting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disorienting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disorienting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迷失方向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desorientador
570 millions of speakers

English

disorienting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहकानेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مربكا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дезориентирует
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desorientador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

disorienting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désorientant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membingungkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwirrend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

方向感覚を失わせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

방향 감각을 혼란
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disorienting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mất phương hướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Disorienting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

disorienting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disorientante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dezorientujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дезорієнтує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezorientare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποπροσανατολίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vervreemd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disorienting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disorienting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disorienting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISORIENTING»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disorienting

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7 QUOTES WITH «DISORIENTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disorienting.
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Daniel Alarcon
When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand, the clash between the voices in my head and the song can be very disorienting.
2
Ana Castillo
I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorienting.
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Sheri Fink
The moral values, ethical codes and laws that guide our choices in normal times are, if anything, even more important to help us navigate the confusing and disorienting time of a disaster.
4
Kenneth Lonergan
I'm always struck when I go somewhere I've never been before, especially if it's in my home town, by just how different the atmosphere can be, and how disorienting it can be - especially if there's any kind of trouble.
5
Rodney Mullen
I've been all around the world, and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, and it's such a weird, visceral experience. It's like, it's disorienting.
6
Adrienne Rich
It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.
7
Patrick Rothfuss
It's profoundly disorienting to go from zero to celebrity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISORIENTING»

Discover the use of disorienting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disorienting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Disorienting Encounters: Travels of a Moroccan Scholar in ...
In December of 1845, Muhammad as-Saffar was sent by the reigning Moroccan sultan on a special diplomatic mission to Paris. During the journey, as-Saffar took careful notes and upon his return he hurriedly wrote this travel account.
Muhammed As-Saffar, Susan Gilson Miller, 1992
2
Disorienting Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Reappraisals of ...
The book then moves into essays written by lesbian and gay psychoanalysts seeking to have a voice in the reshaping of psychoanalytic theories of sexuality.
Thomas Domenici, Ronnie C. Lesser, 1995
3
Morocco Bound: Disorienting America’s Maghreb, from ...
Until attention shifted to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Americans turned most often toward the Maghreb—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Sahara—for their understanding of “the Arab.” In Morocco Bound, Brian T. Edwards ...
Brian Edwards, 2005
4
Disorienting Dharma: Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering ...
This book explores the relationship between ethics, aesthetics, and religion in classical Indian literature and literary theory by focusing on one of the most celebrated and enigmatic texts to emerge from the Sanskrit epic tradition, the ...
Emily T. Hudson, 2013
5
Working the Skies: The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the ...
Containing lively portraits of flight attendants, both current and retired, this book is the first to show the intimate, illuminating, funny, and sometimes dangerous behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant.
Drew Whitelegg, 2007
6
Digital Vertigo: How Today's Online Social Revolution Is ...
"Digital Vertigo provides an articulate, measured, contrarian voice against a sea of hype about social media.
Andrew Keen, 2012
7
Disorienting Fiction: The Autoethnographic Work of ...
This book gives an ambitious revisionist account of the nineteenth-century British novel and its role in the complex historical process that ultimately gave rise to modern anthropology's concept of culture and its accredited researcher, the ...
James Buzard, 2009
8
Third Place Learning: Reflective Inquiry Into Intercultural ...
The latter requires the exposure or foregrounding of tacit or deeply ingrained knowledge and a critical mass of disorienting dilemmas or cognitive dissonance to trigger the change. This transformational change can be sudden due to ...
Glyn M. Rimmington, Mara Alagic, 2008
9
Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help ...
A disorienting dilemma is a term usually associated with Jack Mezirow's groundbreaking work on transformative learning (Mezirow, 1991, 2000). It describes an unexpected situation that forces you to think differently about something you've ...
Stephen D. Brookfield, 2011
10
The Handbook of the Evolving Research of Transformative ...
at the very beginning and thinking about that kick- off point, that pivotal point, that being what Mezirow talks about is the disorienting dilemma. Some sort of critical point that kind of pushes you over the edge and makes everything seems so out ...
Kathleen P. King, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISORIENTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disorienting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Film Review: Amy
... Libertines-fueled mod scene in Camden to the harsh flashbulbs of the global stage so quickly that it's truly disorienting, and even disturbing. «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
2
Getting Ready to Jam with Colbert
He's thoughtful and observant, even when you think his mind has wandered to a different planet, but he can be disorienting to talk to, like ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
3
Financial crises are nothing new in Greece — they go back at least …
... is as near to a McKinsey report on classical Greece as has ever been written, and the effect is simultaneously eye-opening and disorienting. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Mayhem in Gotham City: Ride Batman Backward at Six Flags Great …
These elements, particularly the two wicked corkscrews at the end of the course, combine to provide a ride experience which is disorienting ... «Theme Park Insider, Jul 15»
5
In 'Spring', Love Means Never Having to Say You're Slimy
The idea is sufficiently disorienting, and the style sufficiently sincere in its combination of naturalism and lyricism and brief bloody punctuations, ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
6
Deputies arrest men pointing laser at Sheriff's office helicopter
He said the light is disorienting, distracting and blinding as it floods the flight deck. "Imagine you're going down a dark road, it's nighttime, and ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»
7
Joe Girardi's bullpen strategy is Yanks' best shot for playoffs
... and he hit into a hard, 4-6-3 double play in the third, temporarily disorienting second baseman Stephen Drew with the force of the ball. «New York Post, Jul 15»
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From rugby backline to medal for Tukua at powerlifting world champs
The 24 hour flight wasn't too bad, but the disorienting midnight sun - where everything is bathed in a dreamlike light - was a killer. He opened ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
9
Review: 'Ronin' and 'Not a Hero' offer new twists on old formulas
The constant stops and starts of the action can be disorienting, and it may take several tries to figure out a rhythm for effective gameplay. «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
10
'Self/less' review: Ryan Reynolds is born again
... flashy and even-showoffy – like the blurry, stuttering, color-saturated images that accompany Damian's encroaching, disorienting memories. «NJ.com, Jul 15»

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