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
As many as three in ten older patients may acquire delirium in the hospital.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Over the next few days, Jones remained on the ventilator, battling not just the physical toll of surgery, but something more disorienting: ICU delirium, a condition that causes confusion, hallucinations and memory issues.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 28 July 2025
Damage to small blood vessels can also cause kidney and lung disease, comas, delirium, and dementia.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
One research letter published in June 2024 in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. looked at more than 200,000 patients and found long ER stays could be linked to a higher risk of dementia patients developing delirium — a temporary state of mental confusion and sometimes hallucinations.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Over the next few days, Jones remained on the ventilator, battling not just the physical toll of surgery, but something more disorienting: ICU delirium, a condition that causes confusion, hallucinations and memory issues.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 28 July 2025
Damage to small blood vessels can also cause kidney and lung disease, comas, delirium, and dementia.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
One research letter published in June 2024 in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. looked at more than 200,000 patients and found long ER stays could be linked to a higher risk of dementia patients developing delirium — a temporary state of mental confusion and sometimes hallucinations.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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New technologies at work cause something of a feeding frenzy.—
Nick Tzitzon,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The pair weathered the media frenzy, however.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In July 2011, a Norwegian neo-Nazi went on a rampage, detonating a bomb in Oslo, Norway, before opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on nearby Utoya Island.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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This Abel Ferrara cult classic follows a mute seamstress who goes on a revenge rampage after being attacked twice in one day on the streets of New York.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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