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Bewildered vs Disorientated - What's the difference?

bewildered | disorientated |

As verbs the difference between bewildered and disorientated

is that bewildered is past tense of bewilder while disorientated is past tense of disorientate.

As an adjective bewildered

is baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, or uncertain.

bewildered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, or uncertain.
    • He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.

    Derived terms

    * bewilderedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bewilder)

    • disorientated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disorientate)

    • disorientate

    English

    Verb

    (disorientat)
  • * 1941 , Frederic William Eggleston, Search for a Social Philosophy , p254
    • Ideas often disorientate a system which has been formed on a particular pattern and make it inapplicable; so ideas may lead to the readjustment of groups and sometimes of political boundaries.

    Derived terms

    * disorientation