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How to pronounce delirious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained
Derivation delirium


a crowd of delirious baseball fans.
Type Words
Synonyms hallucinating
Derivation delirium

Examples of delirious

delirious
The film is fragmented, delirious and didactic, sometimes to the point of stupor.
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Williams said the couple prayed, cried and became delirious after the stabbing.
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If they couldn't, their delirious, once-inconceivable ride would grind to a halt.
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In short order, this patient may become sedated, delirious and confined to bed.
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But the Tigers emerged with a 78-74 victory before a delirious crowd of 22,087.
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The Eatery is not merely a Mecca for gluttons or a destination for the delirious.
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Fever inspires delirious memories of battlefield victories and bedroom intrigues.
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For the delirious fans at the Hawthorns, Mulumbu's goal was a thing of beauty.
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So did most of the 70,650 delirious fans inside University of Phoenix Stadium.
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  • Experiencing delirium
  • Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
  • (deliriously) as if in a delirium; "he was talking deliriously"
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