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

These are monumental achievements, inconceivable in the past, that will allow the state to navigate the swings and roundabouts a deluded Congress imposes on us. —Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025

Unrestrained publishing brought not liberty but the chaos of unchecked insult, misrepresentation, and the multitude’s deluded and ignorant criticisms. —Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025

Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right. —Book Marks june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025

Hope is often beautiful and deluded, fleeting and fragile and precious, but satisfaction and its opposite are real. —George Caulkin, New York Times, 28 May 2025

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