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
Hurley just pressed his head close to say something in the delirium of the moment.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
But instead of treating those rooms as back of house, OMA packed them into the peak of a short skyscraper, elevating them into sunlit incubators of deliberate delirium poised above the everyday.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026
As delirium begins to take hold, Becky comes to realize that Hunter didn't survive her fall, after all.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
This year’s scene saw Reddick fist-pumping through the delirium of his first Daytona 500 win in front of 150,000 fans on the frontstretch for a while.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
But instead of treating those rooms as back of house, OMA packed them into the peak of a short skyscraper, elevating them into sunlit incubators of deliberate delirium poised above the everyday.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026
As delirium begins to take hold, Becky comes to realize that Hunter didn't survive her fall, after all.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
This year’s scene saw Reddick fist-pumping through the delirium of his first Daytona 500 win in front of 150,000 fans on the frontstretch for a while.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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The novel delivers all the frenzy of a gold rush with rhythmic, hypnotic prose.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Look at the frenzy of activity on Thursday night.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Prosecutors say the gunman, disguised as a police officer, began his rampage by shooting Hoffman and his wife, then stopped at the residences of two other lawmakers who weren't home.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But the Gunslinger’s murderous rampage is a symptom of a larger problem.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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