disorient

• ⇰ To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings.
• ⇰ to cause (a person) to lose one's sense of direction; to cause to lose one's bearings or way; <as>as, the tourist was <ex>disoriented</ex> by the winding and narrow streets</as>.
• ⇰ to cause one to lose one's sense of time or place, or of one's own personal identity.
• ⇰ to confuse (a person) by changing or removing something which has served as a standard or guide to action; <as>as, workers were rendered unemployed and <ex>disoriented</ex> by the rapid changes in the markets</as>.