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- pronunciation:
- d
lI
ri
s
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
confused from a fever or other cause.
Delirious from the high fever, he began to see things that weren't there.- similar words:
- crazy, hysterical, incoherent, insane, mad
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definition 2: |
wildly excited.
He was delirious with joy when she agreed to marry him.- synonyms:
- beside oneself
- similar words:
- excited, frantic, frenzied, wild
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derivations: |
deliriously (adv.), deliriousness (n.) |
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