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as in bewildering
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of disorienting
Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
His face is always changing, always disorienting her.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
The filmmaking craft is a considerable step up here from Smile, with returning DP Charlie Sarroff making clever use of disorienting angles and mirror shots, and again flipping the frame upside-down as Skye begins unraveling.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
Adopting a minimalist style that employes lots of tight framing, director Randall Okita and his cinematographers (Jordan Oram and Jackson Parrell) use the camera to mirror Sophie’s impairment, creating for a claustrophobic and disorienting aesthetic.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The disorienting tone is set immediately by pilot director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Over the past four decades, Chile has made a disorienting journey from state of terror to hopeful democracy to queasy malaise.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
The spiraling hall-of-mirrors approach can sometime be disorienting but Baker’s sheer conviction carries it across.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
His face is always changing, always disorienting her.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
The filmmaking craft is a considerable step up here from Smile, with returning DP Charlie Sarroff making clever use of disorienting angles and mirror shots, and again flipping the frame upside-down as Skye begins unraveling.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
Adopting a minimalist style that employes lots of tight framing, director Randall Okita and his cinematographers (Jordan Oram and Jackson Parrell) use the camera to mirror Sophie’s impairment, creating for a claustrophobic and disorienting aesthetic.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The disorienting tone is set immediately by pilot director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Over the past four decades, Chile has made a disorienting journey from state of terror to hopeful democracy to queasy malaise.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorienting
Adjective
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The bulkiness of cooler weather jackets, coats, sweatshirts, and sweaters combined with the dilemma of hanging them in a closet or folding and placing them in a drawer is perplexing.Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
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Trump waded into the longtime sore subject Friday, surprising — and perplexing — some lawmakers.Emily Brooks, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
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The recent sightings of puzzling unidentified aircraft in New Jersey and other states have triggered yet another round of unanswered questions — and fueled conspiracy theories.Leonard David, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Take your puzzling skills in new directions.New York Times, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Even following such an uplifting and dominant win, Newcastle’s baffling, up-and-down campaign demands such hesitancy.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Making this even more baffling was the choice not to include Spider-Man himself in these spinoffs, and the choice not to pit any of the villains against one another either.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But, given the complex ubiquity of Dylan’s music and life story, the movie’s synthetic simplicity is bewildering.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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The rebel groups are made up of a bewildering array of militias including the Syrian Free Army, Islamic State, Guardians of Islam, al-Qaeda, Druze militias, Kurdish militias, Mujahedin Khalq, and others.Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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The movie is ambiguous about why Dylan offers to drive Rotolo to the festival on his motorcycle and then leaves her to tearfully witness his chemistry with Baez — whether there is lingering romantic interest there.Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
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Out of the box, human language is ambiguous and nuanced with idioms, sarcasm or cultural references, challenging LLMs to interpret correctly.Son Nguyen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The unknowable impact of vast, fast change left Syria mired in half-policies and US inaction before.Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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But underneath that performance, Silverman acknowledges that Jeselnik’s act has an unnervingly unknowable quality to it.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yet the sheer volume of healthcare data is nearly incomprehensible.Premier Contributor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Disney first unveiled their new CGI design for Stitch at their D23 convention back in August, but Stitch's personality is all in his chaotic movements and incomprehensible alien sounds.Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Disorienting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorienting. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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