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as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
we were delirious with anxiety when the boy failed to return home
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
rushing about in a delirious state during the holidays
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Recent Examples of delirious
Mimicking what happened seven years earlier after the Dallas playoff win in Charlotte, the players ran back outside and took a lap around the stadium, slapping hands with delirious home fans.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
Enter Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, who create romantic comedies that are not just hilarious, witty, and insightful, but filled with delirious style.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Marcelo’s story keeps everything connected and the humanity in the forefront, but the overall effect is still akin to surfing channels late at night, slipping from one delirious after-hours offering to the next.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Huge speakers amplify the booming beat against looming cliffs as ravers dance in delirious abandon.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Nov. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
Enter Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, who create romantic comedies that are not just hilarious, witty, and insightful, but filled with delirious style.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Marcelo’s story keeps everything connected and the humanity in the forefront, but the overall effect is still akin to surfing channels late at night, slipping from one delirious after-hours offering to the next.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Huge speakers amplify the booming beat against looming cliffs as ravers dance in delirious abandon.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirious
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They easily could have been mistaken for agitated sports fans, and their actions were small and diffuse enough that they could be quickly dispersed.—
Davood Moradian,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Stewart conjures Lidia’s complex inner life with agitated images and a bold editing scheme that flashes back and ahead.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Heat thrive when their opponent is off-balance, setting a frantic pace from the opening tip and transforming mistakes into extra points.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The killing set off a frantic manhunt across the region.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Harrowing footage circulating online shows his distraught father desperately searching among piles of bodies covered with black body bags, crying out for his missing son.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Indiana won its first-ever national championship, and UM went home distraught.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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But as far back as 2024, signs began appearing that the furious pace of construction and the upward spiral of rents wouldn’t continue.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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As furious protests enter their third week and bring Iran to the precipice of change, the country’s theocratic government is trying to survive by harshly cracking down on the widening demonstrations.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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This is a relief for now, but the market won’t stop being worried about memory hurting gross margins until prices come down.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Kids were scared, parents were worried, and the shocking crime instantly became a high-profile case, meaning, of course, that there was high pressure to convict.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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And everyone is mad at Andrew—though this one feels like a rumor and more reality.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 Jan. 2026
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He’s been thrown straight into a mad month, in which Chelsea have Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Champions League fixtures.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The student’s grandmother, who also lived in the home and was caring for the infant, was too frightened to pick up the older child at school, so officials scrambled to find the child’s uncle.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Firefighters immediately arrived at the scene and pulled frightened residents from windows, stairwells, and elevator shafts as the building erupted into flames.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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This period of intense study laid the groundwork for what would later become known as the Korean New Wave.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Shares fell during his time in government but rebounded sharply in December, reaching a record high amid intense market interest in AI.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Delirious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirious. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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