Synonyms: disorienting
Definition: causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
Usage: making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting; a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting
Similar words: confusing
Definition: causing confusion or disorientation
Usage: a confusing jumble of road signs; being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child
Similar words: estranging
Definition: making one feel out of place or alienated
Usage: the landscape was estranging
Similar words: stunning
Definition: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
Usage: laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow; a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke
Similar words: stupefying
Definition: making physically stupid or dull or insensible
Usage: a stupefying blow to the head; the stupefying effects of hemp