delude
UK/dɪˈluːd//dɪˈluːd/
delude verb: to deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
Verb
delude (third-person singular simple present deludes, present participle deluding, simple past and past participle deluded)
- To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
- Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- To delude the nation by an airy phantom.1775, Edmund Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America
- To frustrate or disappoint.
- It deludes thy search.c. 1680, John Dryden, Dido to Aeneas
delude meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
delude in Tamil
- ஏமாற்று, மயக்கு, வஞ்சி
delude in Urdu
- بار ڈالنا, بہکانا, دھوکا دینا, فریفتہ کرنا, سبز باغ دکھانا
delude in Bengali
- প্রতারণা করা, বিভ্রান্ত করা, কাউকে মিথ্যা বিশ্বাস করানো
delude in Telugu
- to delude, fascinate, deceive, dupe
- భ్రమింపజేయు bhramimpajēyu
More languagesFewer languages
- delude in Malayalam
- കബളിപ്പിക്കുക kabaḷippikkuka
- delude in Kannada
- ಭ್ರಾಂತಿಗೊಳಿಸು, ಮೋಸಮಾಡು, ಮರುಳುಮಾಡು, ದಾರಿತಪ್ಪಿಸು
- delude in Nepali
- छक्याउनु chakyāunu
Synonyms of delude
Forms of delude
| third-person singular present | deludes |
|---|---|
| present participle | deluding |
| past participle | deluded |
| past | deluded |
Origin of delude
From Middle English deluden, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō (“to make sport of, to mock”). See ludicrous.
Words formed from delude
Words that rhyme with delude
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lewd
- rood
- snood
- Jude
- denude
- extrude
- exude
- feud
- nude
- obtrude
- reclude
- stewed
- subdued
- transclude
- abrood
- hewed
- intrude
- oud
- pood
- screwed
- seclude
- skewed
- strewed
- thewed
- you'd
- 'tude
- ablude
- abstrude
- accrued
- allude
- blued
- boo'd
- booed
- brewed
- Bude
- chewed
- chud
- clued
- collude
- construed
- cooed
- crewed
- cued
- debuted
- dzud
- fod
- frood
- glued
Questions about delude
- What does delude mean?
- Delude means to deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
- What is delude in Tamil?
- Delude in Tamil is ஏமாற்று, மயக்கு, வஞ்சி. See Delude meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is delude?
- Delude is a verb.
- How do you pronounce delude?
- Delude is pronounced /dɪˈluːd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of delude?
- The past tense of delude is deluded.
Words near delude in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: delude (page history and authors); delude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Delude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); భ్రమింపజేయు (Telugu) (page history and authors); delude (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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