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delirious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of delirious

1 feeling overwhelming fear or worry

  • we were delirious with anxiety when the boy failed to return home
Synonyms of delirious

agitated, distracted, distrait, distraught, frantic, frenzied, hysterical (also hysteric)
Words Related to delirious

alarmed, anxious, disquieted, disturbed, nervous, perturbed, tense, troubled, upset, worried, wrought (up)

affrighted, aghast, alarmed, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, spooked, terrified, terrorized

ballistic, berserk, crazed, demented, deranged, mad, maniacal (also maniac), nuclear

raging, ranting, raving
Phrases Synonymous with delirious

beside oneself
Near Antonyms of delirious

calm, peaceful, placid, self-possessed, serene, tranquil

cool, coolheaded, undisturbed, unperturbed, unshaken, untroubled, unworried
Antonyms of delirious

collected, composed, recollected, self-collected, self-composed, self-possessed, unhysterical

2 marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity

  • rushing about in a delirious state during the holidays
Synonyms of delirious

ferocious, feverish, fierce, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, mad, rabid, violent, wild
Words Related to delirious

concentrated, high-pressured, intense, intensive, vehement

excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, overmuch, overweening, unconscionable, undue

crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, insane, irrational, lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac)
Near Antonyms of delirious

calm, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, subdued, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled

moderate, reasonable, temperate

casual, easygoing, low-pressure

balanced, sane, sound
Antonyms of delirious

relaxed

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