delirious

[ dih-leer-ee-uhs ]

/ dɪˈlɪər i əs /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR delirious ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.

wild with excitement, enthusiasm, etc.: She was delirious with joy at the news.

Nearby words

deliquesce, deliquescence, deliquescent, deliration, deliriant, delirious, delirium, delirium tremens, delis, delish, delist

Origin of delirious

First recorded in 1590–1600; deliri(um) + -ous

SYNONYMS FOR delirious

2 thrilled, excited, ecstatic.

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR delirious ON THESAURUS.COM

Related forms

de·lir·i·ous·ly, adverbde·lir·i·ous·ness, nounnon·de·lir·i·ous, adjectivenon·de·lir·i·ous·ly, adverb

non·de·lir·i·ous·ness, nounun·de·lir·i·ous, adjectiveun·de·lir·i·ous·ly, adverb

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for deliriously

Five-star reviews made me deliriously happy; three-star reviews crushingly sad.
He’s Got a Ticket to Write, or How a Late Train Produced a Novel|Dominic Utton|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Communist Party presides calmly over a nation of deliriously happy citizens.
Must-Reads: 'The Fat Years,' 'Drifting House,' and 'The Map and the Territory'|Isaac Stone Fish, Anna Clark, Cameron Martin|January 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Or, if not, then at least where it has been the most deliriously exploited.
Nancy Meyers' Decorator Porn|Nicole LaPorte|December 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I knew all this going in, but was too deliriously blinded by the extra-hot sex to really consider it.
How I Transformed My Boyfriend Into a Booty Call|Kate Carraway|November 8, 2008|DAILY BEAST

She said never a word to her companions who, reflecting the smile of Old Superior, were deliriously happy.
The Phantom Violin|Roy J. Snell
The idea was so deliriously unexpected, so fascinatingly novel to Kedzie, that she fell in love with it.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
Torchy is just as deliriously funny in these stories as he was in the previous book.
Torchy and Vee|Sewell Ford
But once inside the great hall where England honors her naval heroes and their battles, it was deliriously cool.
London Films|William Dean Howells
Always in fairy tales and wonder stories, the houses were deliriously strange.
The Cat in Grandfather's House|Carl Henry Grabo

British Dictionary definitions for deliriously

delirious

/ (dɪˈlɪrɪəs) /

adjective

affected with delirium

wildly excited, esp with joy or enthusiasm

Derived Forms

deliriously, adverbdeliriousness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

delirious

adjective

RELATED CONTENT

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of delirious

SYNONYMS FOR delirious

Related forms

Examples from the Web for deliriously

British Dictionary definitions for deliriously

delirious

adjective

Derived Forms

Medicine definitions for deliriously

delirious

adj.