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adjective

Definition of deludednext
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
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century epic about a deluded knight, is frequently called the first modern novel. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 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
  1. erroneous
  2. deceived
  3. inaccurate
  4. fooled
  5. untrue
  6. tricked
  7. misguided
  8. confused
Adjective
  • Rather than pulling Herta’s IndyCar results from the official scoring, the team apparently relied on IndyCar’s erroneous website.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • According to a lawsuit, a coding error resulted in erroneous scores being generated and reported to third parties over a three-week period between March and April 2022.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of erroneous
Verb
  • But don’t be deceived, these are not primarily poems of the body, though the animal body–the dog, the human, meat– return throughout.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Attorneys for New Mexico argued that the state's entire population, not just Facebook users, were deceived by the company's public statements about privacy on the platform.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceived
Adjective
  • According to reports, Russia’s early firings of the KN-23, which began in early 2024, were often inaccurate.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Underestimating your mileage or omitting a household driver could lead to inaccurate quotes or complications when the insurer verifies your application.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of inaccurate
Verb
  • One play later, on third-and-long, Darnold got fooled by a Cover 2 trap coverage and Ja’Quan McMillian picked him off, setting up the Broncos’ walk-off field goal.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Don't be fooled by the affordable price, because your opponents will be the ones paying.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fooled
Adjective
  • This new playbook dictated that founders bet everything on a company vision; sell the public on the myth, even if parts were untrue; scheme and scrap toward invention and then monopoly; then rinse and repeat on an even bigger scale.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Nov. 2026
  • What actually happened in 2020 was a massive miseducation campaign by billionaire Ken Griffin who raised the specter that a rise in taxes, mostly on wealthy people, would mean a tax increase for everyone, which was totally untrue.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of untrue
Verb
  • The woman did so willingly, and there is no allegation that she was forced or tricked.
    — Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But now, the technology has caught up and people are tricked.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of tricked
Adjective
  • Poor relief and education policies of her era were designed with her input, at times prescient and at other times shockingly misguided.
    — Jeanna Smialek, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • And Jennifer Pedranti still isn’t married to fiancé Ryan Boyajian, whether over cold feet or misguided hope that Bravo will give them a wedding special.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of misguided
Adjective
  • The Dolphins’ secondary appeared confused and unprepared for Maye’s throws, which were pinpoint accurate.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The ones who were looked confused but kindly dropped candy into our bags.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of confused

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“Deluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluded. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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