delusional
/dɪˈluːʒənəl/
delusional adjective: suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.
Adjective
delusional (comparative more delusional, superlative most delusional)
- Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.
- You're delusional if you think that plan will work.
- Morgan could not remember the last time he had heard his first name used, and he had not even been aware that Captain Jackson knew it. Regardless, he could not reply; he was sure he must be delusional. He had lost too much blood […]2009, Robert M. Cossel, Master of the Strings, page 57
- Synonyms:
- deluded
- Being, in the form of, or relating to, a delusion.
- Delusional jealousy […] A delusional belief that one's partner is being unfaithful. This can occur as part of a wider psychotic illness, secondary to organic brain damage (e.g. following the 'punch drunk syndrome' in boxers), […]2009, David M. Semple, Roger Smyth, Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, page 87
- The latest act in the Madness of King Donald drama playing globally on every channel underlined the increasingly delusional world the anti-hero inhabits, his fantasies fed and indulged by a cast of sycophants, lackeys and straight grifters, all in it for what they can get.2026 January 24, Michael Pascoe, “America’s mighty economic power has feet of clay”, in Michael West Media
Noun
delusional (plural delusionals)
- A person suffering from a delusion.
- But of course, that excludes the narcissistic delusionals, the deliberate frauds, and the pathological cases of multiple personality. They are all out there in New Age Land, and it's a jungle!2005, Laura Knight-Jadczyk, The High Strangeness of Dimensions, Densities, and the Process of Alien Abduction
delusional meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati
delusional in Marathi
- भ्रमनिरासी
delusional in Urdu
- غلط, پرفریب
delusional in Punjabi
- ਭਰਮਪੂਰਨ
delusional in Gujarati
- ભ્રમણાભર્યા, ભ્રાંતિભર્યું
More languagesFewer languages
- delusional in Nepali
- भ्रान्तिपूर्ण
- delusional in Indonesian
- delusional
- delusional in Thai
- หลงผิด lǒng-pìt
Synonyms of delusional
Forms of delusional
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more delusional |
| superlative | most delusional |
| Noun | |
| plural | delusionals |
Origin of delusional
From delusion + -al.
Words formed from delusional
- antidelusional
- delulu
- delusional companion syndrome
- delusional disorder
- delusionality
- delusionally
- delusional misidentification syndrome
- delusional parasitosis
- nondelusional
- predelusional
- undelusional
Phrases with delusional
Questions about delusional
- What does delusional mean?
- Delusional means suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.
- What is delusional in Marathi?
- Delusional in Marathi is भ्रमनिरासी. See Delusional meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is delusional?
- Delusional can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce delusional?
- Delusional is pronounced /dɪˈluːʒənəl/.
Words near delusional in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: delusional (page history and authors); delusional (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); delusional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delusional (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); delusional (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); delusional (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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