disoriented

Questions about disoriented

What does disoriented mean?

disoriented means "having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disoriented?

disoriented has 5 syllables: di-so-ri-en-ted. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /dɪˈsɔɹiˌɛntɪd/.

What is another word for disoriented?

Close synonyms include confused, lost, alienated, anomic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disoriented a common word?

disoriented is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.