Delirious

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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?"

  2. 2
    Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion wordnet
  2. 2
    experiencing delirium wordnet

Synonyms

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wildabandonedablazeafireall agogamok

Example

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"My little brother gets delirious when he's sleepy. He says the weirdest things."

Etymology

From delirium + -ous; see also Latin delirus (“silly, doting, crazy”).

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