disorientating

I was just watching a BBC interview with David Tennant (oh god oh god how can he be so devastatingly attractive?) and he said "disorientating".

Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

It's a real partnership arrangement, "Cable said, admitting that the first cabinet meeting had been" disorientating ".

Politics: General election 2010 | guardian.co.uk 2010

Tucked away among the disorientating maze of vendors in Kano's central market, is Ali Yahaya's fabric and curtain stall. "one thousand, two hundred Naira [around £5]" he barks, holding an [long-lasting insecticidal net] LLIN up in its shiny wrapper.

The market for malaria prevention 2011

Strings of exclamations are generally disorientating and hard to process.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2009 » May 2009

Now I have to come to terms with the idea of living again, which is strangely disorientating, and I have learned that many others in my – happy, lucky – situation struggle with the problem as much as I do.

I had cancer while I was pregnant 2012

A false start might be a most disorientating thing, but there will be plenty of time for pulling the drawbridge up never mind the thermals on in the months to come.

But do we really want a barbecue autumn? | Alex Clark 2011

In addition to the usual concerns about disorientating readers with mid-chapter narrator/POV shifts, I think that this passage might not feel coherent with the rest of the chapter.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How to Do Multiple Narrators and POVs with Style 2009

Changing POV within a chapter is so awkward and disorientating that it will get a story instantly rejected.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » David’s Second Review Forum 2009

Crossing genres from lo-fi slacker rock to Greek chillwave, it felt exciting and fresh at the same time as throwing you back into the past in a disorientating timewarp reminiscent of Gold-era Spandau Ballet.

The sax is back 2011

Aided by the spooky sounds of a theremin, "Radio Play" explores what he called "a fragmented psychology," and leads audiences in and out of familiar and disorientating material—a technique he also employs in his stand-up comedy act.

An Old-Fashioned Show in the Hair and Now Lizzie Simon 2011