DELIRIOUS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

delirious

adjective

di-ˈlir-ē-əs

Definition of delirious

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 That is especially the case for a co-host that is backed by delirious home crowds and home cooking. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026 Fireworks lit up the night sky, people honked horns on jampacked streets and firefighters — from their trucks — slapped high-fives with delirious fans. — Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 That much was clear to the thousands and thousands of fans who packed the streets outside of Madison Square Garden and throughout the five boroughs on Saturday night, celebrating in glorious, delirious bliss after the Knicks won Game 5 of the NBA Finals, 94-90, in San Antonio. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 The Knicks then opened overtime with a 9-0 run as a delirious crowd in Madison Square Garden danced and screamed in the aisles. — CBS News, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for delirious

Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirious

Adjective

For the agitated activist—Mike Davis’ Late Victorian Holocausts with Equator.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Sometimes, Brun appeared agitated or sweaty at council meetings.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of agitated

Adjective

But today’s Court often divides along stark ideological lines, and the liberals often sound truly distraught in their dissents.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
One distraught woman sat on the ground next to a large pool of blood as another woman embraced her.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of distraught

Adjective

Ocasio-Cortez’s choice to share her egg-freezing publicly has kicked off furious debate and confused hand-wringing among conservatives.

— Anna Russell, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
One man was quick enough to grab his ankle and let out a firm objection, but the foot slipped free from the boot and the houndsman was gone into the tight tunnel full of frantic dogs and furious bear.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of furious

Adjective

Truth is, Westside Cowboy — all of whom are in their early to mid-twenties — are just as worried about it all as anyone else.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
Buyers were interested but worried about the optics of a show revolving around two wealthy, gallivanting white guys.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of worried

Adjective

Frequent zoom-ins shown on screens showed sweat dripping down his face, and his hair resembled something similar to a mad scientist after an experiment blows up in their face.

— Joseph Hernandez August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
These statements and actions, some conservatives said at the time in a finger-wagging tone, demonstrated that mass suicide at the feet of a power-mad dictator was the predictable result of radical left-wing politics.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

Officers initially discovered more than 30 cats and kittens living in unsafe conditions aboard the vessel, with many appearing frightened and malnourished.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Think of yourself as the captain of your ship versus one frightened passenger, the conductor instead of one instrument in the orchestra or the CEO rather than one anxious shareholder in the boardroom.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of frightened

Adjective

These could include intense earthquake swarms, rapid ground deformation, changing gas emissions, and unusual heat flow.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Footage aired by local media showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the tank, with black and orange smoke rising in the sky as firefighters spray what appears to be foam or water in efforts to quench the intense fire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026