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• past tense form of delude.
• past participle of delude.

deluded

American  

[dih-loo-did] / dɪˈlu dɪd /

adjective

1. entertaining a false belief or opinion; mistaken or deceived in mind or judgment.

   While some deluded commentators welcomed this as "fantastic news," the rest of us were seriously upset.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of delude.

Other Word Forms

• nondeluded
  adjective
• undeluded
  adjective
• undeludedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of deluded

delude ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

deluded

Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

Anderson’s film is nowhere near as bad, but it’s as deluded about reality and self-important about its perspective as “Crash” was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Jumping from that, to being given responsibility for a new line from a well-known company, would appear daunting to many, but Hamblin says he is "deluded enough to not really feel the pressure".

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

She was fairly sure this boy was demented or just hopelessly deluded, but she liked that word, and unless she was mistaken, he was offering to let her walk out of this house tonight.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Related Words

• misled
• tricked