Synonyms for delirious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-leer-ee-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlɪər i əs |
Top 10 synonyms for delirious Other synonyms for the word delirious
- aberrant
- beside oneself
- bewildered
- carried away
- confused
- corybantic
- crazy
- demented
- deranged
- deviant
- deviate
- disarranged
- disordered
- distracted
- disturbed
- drunk
- enthused
- flipped
- flipped out
- frenetic
- furious
- hallucinatory
- incoherent
- irrational
- lightheaded
- lunatic
- maniac
- manic
- off one's head
- out of one's head
- out of one's skull
- overwrought
- rabid
- rambling
- rapturous
- raving
- thrilled
- transported
- unhinged
- unreasonable
- unsettled
- wandering
- wild
Définition of delirious
Origin :- 1703, from stem of delirium + -ous. Figurative use attested from 1791. Related: Deliriously.
- adj mentally imbalanced
- adj excited; very happy
- In two hours I was delirious, and the end of the Diary and of myself was at hand.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- Roland was, however, by this time in high fever and delirious.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Macquart, especially, appeared to be delirious with enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- For months I was mad, fevered, delirious, and yet I could not die.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- If a delirious man had struck me, I should not have been angry with him.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- "Our turn now," they were shouting, and there were screams of delirious laughter.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- Was that healthy colour but the brand of a malady that rendered him delirious?
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Such was her cry, whether sane or delirious, hour after hour, day after day.
- Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- I was delirious; I knew the authors of my misfortune, and in my fancy I destroyed them.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- There was another pause, and the delirious man seemed to sleep.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
Antonyms for delirious
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