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 Panthers are 7-6 and have won all but one of their close games in 2025 — including Sunday’s 31-28 thriller — but still, there was a feeling of disbelief in the cold-and-wet-and-loud delirium consuming Uptown Charlotte.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Nov. 2025
In an overcrowded truck of migrant workers, Chandan develops a high fever and delirium.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
The music that pours forth, composed by the electronic artist Kangding Ray, is magnificently transporting, and the ravers surrender to the beat with glorious delirium.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Grainier falls for Gladys hard, and their subsequent relationship passes by in a delirium of broad strokes, unfolding moment by moment — throughout the film, time seems to exist outside the frame, which is usually tight and very intimately focused.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Nov. 2025
In an overcrowded truck of migrant workers, Chandan develops a high fever and delirium.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
The music that pours forth, composed by the electronic artist Kangding Ray, is magnificently transporting, and the ravers surrender to the beat with glorious delirium.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Grainier falls for Gladys hard, and their subsequent relationship passes by in a delirium of broad strokes, unfolding moment by moment — throughout the film, time seems to exist outside the frame, which is usually tight and very intimately focused.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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Travelers not seeking football frenzy should avoid the fall, when hotel and airfare prices skyrocket and crowds are large.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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January was set to host a free-agent frenzy, with most league veterans aligning their contracts to expire in advance of the new CBA.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The agent took this to be a reference to the multifaceted terror rampage in France, which killed at least 130 people in 2015.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Trump’s rampage through federal programs has proven a liability there.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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