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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

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Etymology

Origin of deluded

delude ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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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

But he is also so paranoid, deluded and consumed with self-loathing that throughout this caustically witty novel we can’t help but root for him every step of the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

"They weren't there; they weren't involved in the investigation. Some of these people are deluded," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

In my deluded solitude, I sat waiting for my son in the armchair of my library, my eyes glued to the doorsill, calling to him with my mind, as I used to call for Clara.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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