DELUDED Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of deluded

as in erroneous

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verb

past tense of delude

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet

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Recent Examples of deluded

Adjective

About deluded coaches and philandering teammates and practice-field punch-ups. — Leander Schaerlaeckens june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 Rather than a cruel Hedda, a fragile Hedda, a tragically deluded Hedda, Adele saw a woman who was comically at her wits’ end. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Verb

Instead, Weinstein told the jury, Nick Kassotis had been duped and deluded by the mysterious figure Jim McIntyre. — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 Atheists wrote that my father deluded himself. — Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deluded

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluded

Adjective

If operations are fragmented, AI simply helps to produce inconsistent and erroneous work faster.

— Farzana Abdulhusein, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit alleges that South Dakota’s rollout of the proof-of-citizenship requirement has disqualified eligible voters over erroneous minutiae and failed to offer them a realistic shot at fixing problems with their registration application.

— John Hult, States Newsroom, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of erroneous

Verb

Furious at having been deceived her whole life, Kylie hops on the next plane to the Owens’ ancestral home in England with the intent of breaking the curse once and for all.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Now some say the operation has left them feeling deceived and questioning whether the White House considered their safety.

— Scott Nover, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of deceived

Adjective

Lutnick made the inaccurate comment in response to a question about rising global bond yields during an interview on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Asheville, North Carolina.

— Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
The Roseville Police Department has been defending its use of the technology after a July report found more than 1,000 inaccurate license plate alerts generated by the system.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of inaccurate

Verb

Earlier in the game, he was fooled on a flea-flicker, and his pass-interference penalty set up the Patriots’ lone touchdown.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Don’t be fooled by the film’s advertising, which features an image of Neeson’s scowling visage dwarfing Levi aiming an automatic weapon.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fooled

Adjective

Malliaros refused to sign because the statement was untrue, the suit said, and instead required any agreement to state accurately that the competition remained ongoing at the time of the incident.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
And the result of these untrue statements actually put lives at risk.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of untrue

Adjective

But government alone cannot fix this, even though politicians’ short-sighted and misguided policies have contributed to this problem.

— Eric Khant, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
In the weeks leading up to the first Super Bowl at SoFi, there were misguided rumblings that the game might be moved to Dallas, because the NFL had secured that city as a backup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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