delirious
/dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/
delirious adjective: being in the state of delirium.
Adjective
delirious (comparative more delirious, superlative most delirious)
- Being in the state of delirium.
- Or has the shock, so harshly given,
[…] made me that delirious man
Whose fancy fuses old and new,
And flashes into false and true,
And mingles all without a plan?1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 26 - […]the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise prostrate female forms, and to become blessed with hymeneal joys of the most glorious character...1872, Simon Mohler Landis, The Social War, Chapter III: Deacon Stew raves at Lucinda's Love for Victor
- Or has the shock, so harshly given,
- Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.
- delirious with joy
delirious meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
delirious in Marathi
- being in the state of delirium
- उन्मादवायुपीडित unmādvāyupīḍit
delirious in Urdu
- بےخود, خبطی, پاگل
delirious in Malayalam
- സ്വബോധമില്ലാത്ത, ഭ്രാന്തചിത്തനായ, ഉന്മത്തനായ
delirious in Kannada
- ಸನ್ನಿಹಿಡಿದ, ಭಾವೋನ್ಮತ್ತ, ಭಾವೋದ್ರಿಕ್ತ, ಅಸಂಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ
Examples of delirious in a sentence
- A suedehead dancing a delirious, inebriated moonstomp with a girl who looked like a solicitor's apprentice.
- “Watch it with the delirious power trips, pal,” she warned him.
- Xavier's won the Harris Shield under Chaudhari's captaincy, every Xavierite went delirious with joy.
Forms of delirious
| comparative | more delirious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most delirious |
Origin of delirious
From delirium + -ous; see also Latin delirus (“silly, doting, crazy”).
Words formed from delirious
Words that rhyme with delirious
Questions about delirious
- What does delirious mean?
- Delirious means being in the state of delirium.
- What is delirious in Marathi?
- Delirious in Marathi is उन्मादवायुपीडित (unmādvāyupīḍit). See Delirious meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is delirious?
- Delirious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce delirious?
- Delirious is pronounced /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/ (UK).
Words near delirious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: delirious (page history and authors); delirious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delirious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delirious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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