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

What does this have to do with equating Anders Breivik, who shot people on some bizarre, deluded mission to rid Norway of Islam, with Nelson Mandela? —David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025

Smash’s Megan Hilty steps into the Meryl Streep part (and cribs Streep’s bio for her own in the Playbill) as the deluded actress Madeline Ashton. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024

Earlier this morning, abusive and deluded homeless man dressed in white was shouting up and down our street, blowing on trumpet. —Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024

The premise is a lot better than the execution, though, despite Harrelson’s ability to bring out the sweetness and decency in a deluded fool who can only communicate with the world through his love of graphic novels. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024

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