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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While the original leaned hard into urgency and flirted with heaviness, the new take adds maximum peak hours heft, dialing up the BPM, isolating the vocals in just the right moments and eventually exploding into all-out, all-encompassing dancefloor delirium.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2025
By the end, the film’s glittery delirium funnels into a meta-inquiry of cinephilia itself, and the gender politics that run through it.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Basically, delirium is the result of a neurochemical commotion.
—Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025
For other family members, some meaning needs to be made from the delirium.
—Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2025
By the end, the film’s glittery delirium funnels into a meta-inquiry of cinephilia itself, and the gender politics that run through it.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Basically, delirium is the result of a neurochemical commotion.
—Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025
For other family members, some meaning needs to be made from the delirium.
—Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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In Game 1 alone, Haliburton hit a game-tying shot at the end of regulation, sending the New York crowd into a stunned frenzy.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 June 2025
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The retailer has faced challenges in holding up its in-person business, despite becoming a mainstay of the meme stock frenzy in 2021.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Aniston, now 56, played a girl trying to stop his murderous rampage after his gold coins were stolen.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The probes said Byrd acted in self-defense and credited him with helping to protect lawmakers during the chaotic rampage by rioters including Babbitt, who was not armed.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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