All disorienting synonyms
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D d verb disorienting
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- dumbfound β to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- distract β to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- baffle β If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
- daze β If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
- stupefy β to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- fluster β to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- intoxicate β to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
- disorient β to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- perplex β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- muddy β abounding in or covered with mud.
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- perturb β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- disconcert β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- confound β If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- mortify β to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- complicate β To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- amaze β If something amazes you, it surprises you very much.
- astonish β If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- bemuse β If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
- frustrate β to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- mystify β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- involve β to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- misinform β to give false or misleading information to.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- demoralize β If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- discombobulate β to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- derange β to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
adj disorienting
- perplexing β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- upsetting β overturned: an upset milk pail.
- baffling β impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
- complex β Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- complicated β If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- confounding β to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
- disconcerting β disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- bewildering β A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- mystifying β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- unsettling β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- involved β very intricate or complex: an involved reply.