Meaning of DELIRIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | di'leereeus
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- [adj] marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
- [adj] experiencing delirium
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| | Synonyms: | | excited, frantic, hallucinating, ill, mad, sick, unrestrained, wild |
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| | Definition: | | \De*lir"i*ous\, a. [From {Delirium}.]
Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane;
raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. --
{De*lir"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {De*lir"i*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, ablaze, afire, all agog, amok, ardent, at fever pitch, babbling, bellowing, berserk, bewildered, boiling over, breathless, burning, carried away, confused, cordial, corybantic, crazed, crazy, delighted, demented, demoniac, deranged, disarranged, disordered, distracted, disturbed, dizzy, drunk, ecstatic, enraptured, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, fanatical, febrile, feral, ferocious, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, feverous, fierce, fiery, flaming, flushed, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fulminating, furious, giddy, glowing, haggard, hearty, heated, hectic, hog-wild, hot, howling, hyperpyretic, hyperthermic, hysteric, hysterical, impassioned, in a fever, in a transport, in hysterics, incoherent, infatuated, inflamed, insane, intense, intoxicated, irrational, keen, lightheaded, lively, lunatic, mad, madding, maniac, off, on fire, orgasmic, orgiastic, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overexcited, overwrought, overzealous, passionate, perfervid, possessed, pyretic, rabid, raging, rambling, ramping, ranting, rapturous, raving, ravished, red-hot, roaring, running mad, steaming, steamy, storming, thrilled, transported, ultrazealous, uncontrollable, unhinged, unreasonable, unrestrained, unsettled, vigorous, violent, wandering, warm, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, zealous |
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