deluded

adjective

de·​lud·​ed di-ˈlü-dəd 

dē-

: deceived by false beliefs

a deluded eccentric

: having or characterized by delusional ideas

deluded thinking

Examples of deluded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it? — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century epic about a deluded knight, is frequently called the first modern novel. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

About deluded coaches and philandering teammates and practice-field punch-ups. — Leander Schaerlaeckens june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Rather than a cruel Hedda, a fragile Hedda, a tragically deluded Hedda, Adele saw a woman who was comically at her wits’ end. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of delude

First Known Use

circa 1628, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing deluded

• self-deluded

Rhymes for deluded

• alluded
• colluded
• concluded
• denuded
• eluded
• excluded
• extruded
• exuded
• included
• intruded
• obtruded
• occluded