delirious
Collocations
4ADJ.
fancy, half, high, little, longer, patient, sleepy
VERB + DELIRIOUS
gets, made, remained, seems, think
DELIRIOUS + NOUN
he's, man, morning, word
PREP.
in, on, with
Definitions
adj
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?
[…]the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise prostrate female forms, and to become blessed with hymeneal joys of the most glorious character; but, his imagination soon forsook him, and a raging fever, accompanied by the most violent deadly delirium, ensued, which lasted a fortnight.
Having uncontrolled excitement; ecstatic.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
adjective — experiencing delirium
- hallucinating
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Or 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?
Wiktionary[…]the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise
WiktionaryMy little brother gets delirious when he's sleepy. He says the weirdest things.
Tatoeba · #65520He seems delirious with a high fever.
Tatoeba · #296408For a delirious word there is no answer.
Tatoeba · #1812811Tom's delirious.
Tatoeba · #2107483