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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

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deluded

Is the Duke de Rohan’s niece murderously insane, as he claims, or is the duke himself deluded?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

The trip sent him into what he describes as a "deluded" state.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

But it was a thrill to be deluded in such a high-quality way.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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