Antonyms for delude

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-lood

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlud

Definition of delude

Origin : c.1400, from Latin deludere "to play false; to mock, deceive," from de- "down, to one's detriment" + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). Related: Deluded; deluding.

verb deceive, fool

Example sentences :

Out upon you, magpie; would you delude the old man with fables?
Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor » by Stephen Cullen Carpenter

Because, since that is what our pursuers will expect of us, it will delude them the more if we keep straight on.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

Yet, desperately as he was in love, he could not delude himself with the belief that she cared for him.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

Do not delude me with a chimera, and above all do not tempt me to sacrifice my honour to it.
Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez

She did not delude herself as to the doubts he still entertained.
Extract from : « In Chteau Land » by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

These couldn't be more like Earth organisms if they'd been transplanted from home to delude us.
Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn

Might it not be a hoax purposely put in his way to delude him?
Extract from : « The Willoughby Captains » by Talbot Baines Reed

Such a person they endeavour to delude with various pretences.
Extract from : « Thoughts on the Present Discontents » by Edmund Burke

It may be, that it pleases me to delude mankind, while I thus serve the deities.
Extract from : « The Last Days of Pompeii » by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

But I mean you fairly, and will not delude you with false expectation.
Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Synonyms for delude

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