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
The Lodge takes its time building a tense atmosphere of suspense and delirium set in a remote winter cabin just days before Christmas.
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Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
The duo bounds alongside an inspired OJ Da Juiceman flip, spitting with delirium about putting their men in Lululemon, letting the Draco sing with reckless abandon, and throwing it in dudes’ faces without a second thought.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
Pynchon’s early 70s Los Angeles (half hallucination, half real estate scam) is both paradise lost and an early symptom of the delirium to come.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Collingwood slipped into a febrile delirium while the villainous Stubbs assumed command.
—Hamilton Cain, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
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Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
The duo bounds alongside an inspired OJ Da Juiceman flip, spitting with delirium about putting their men in Lululemon, letting the Draco sing with reckless abandon, and throwing it in dudes’ faces without a second thought.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
Pynchon’s early 70s Los Angeles (half hallucination, half real estate scam) is both paradise lost and an early symptom of the delirium to come.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Collingwood slipped into a febrile delirium while the villainous Stubbs assumed command.
—Hamilton Cain, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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This fact is why the tax- and fee-hike frenzy of the past year won’t ebb any time soon.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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In an age when polarized politics have whipped extremists into a frenzy and disagreeing with someone’s views justifies physical assault among fringe elements, the assault on Omar is a new abysmal milestone of societal degradation.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At that time, officials from the San Jose Police Department described the injury to the sergeant and how officers subsequently shot, then ran over Husien to end his rampage.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Kanye West, now known as Ye, has taken out an ad in The Wall Street Journal to plead for forgiveness after his antisemitic rampage in 2025.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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