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Synonyms & Antonyms of delirium
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
- shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas
Synonyms for delirium
- agitation,
- deliriousness,
- distraction,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- flap,
- frenzy,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- hysteria,
- rage,
- rampage,
- uproar
Words Related to delirium
Near Antonyms for delirium
- calm,
- calmness,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- repose,
- restfulness,
- sereneness,
- serenity,
- still,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility),
- tranquilness
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of delirium was circa 1563
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