as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas
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Recent Examples of delirium
This unusual encounter throws the young man into a dizzying delirium, disrupting his blossoming romance with Rita.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Laurie Whitwell has captured the delirium of their run (and reminded me of the relevance of Haji Wright’s toenail).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Machover’s score for 15 instruments is its own complex delirium.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Embarrassing Brighton for a third time this season by finishing above them would be a fantastic way to go from despondency after a rough start to delirium in May.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Laurie Whitwell has captured the delirium of their run (and reminded me of the relevance of Haji Wright’s toenail).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Machover’s score for 15 instruments is its own complex delirium.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Embarrassing Brighton for a third time this season by finishing above them would be a fantastic way to go from despondency after a rough start to delirium in May.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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With Bush at the helm, fingers flying up and down the neck of his mandolin, the 73-year-old stirred the crowd into a frenzy.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
23 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Bradley, playing in front of his home crowd, sent the place into a frenzy.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district of Akihabara in 2018.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Jurors entered their third week Monday deliberating the fate of Carlos Reales Dominguez, the former UC Davis student accused in a 2023 knife rampage that killed two men in Davis and nearly killed a woman experiencing homelessness.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2025
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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