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
Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
The opening and final sequences of the film’s frame story are some of the most oft referenced in movie history, while the dark, labyrinthine interiors of Desmond’s mansion perfectly reflect the mind of the deluded diva whose success and celebrity are completely behind her.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
One source of support she’s found is the Human Line Project, an AI safety group that collects data on people who have been deluded or emotionally affected by chatbots.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Carrie, meanwhile, is villainized for her admittedly deluded quest to reunite with her biological son in a world that has dismissed them.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
The opening and final sequences of the film’s frame story are some of the most oft referenced in movie history, while the dark, labyrinthine interiors of Desmond’s mansion perfectly reflect the mind of the deluded diva whose success and celebrity are completely behind her.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Atheists wrote that my father deluded himself.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
One source of support she’s found is the Human Line Project, an AI safety group that collects data on people who have been deluded or emotionally affected by chatbots.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluded
Adjective
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Cubs and White Sox pitchers and catchers are working out in Arizona at the start of spring training, but unless Sox general manager Chris Getz says something erroneous again, nothing much is expected to happen until the Cactus League schedule begins Friday.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Congress foolishly downsized that number in the 1980s and ’90s on the erroneous belief that more doctors would encourage unnecessary health care consumption.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And don’t be deceived by Saturday’s sunny skies as the high will be 32 with wind chills as low as 9 degrees.—
Amanda McCoy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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Challengers should give Marylanders the option to choose a new direction and remove the need to confront the painful reality that they were deceived.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Still, don’t be fooled by the light turnout.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Don’t be fooled by its budget-friendly price, the fragrance is right on par with Dior’s highly coveted J’Adore perfume.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Asked about now-unavailable data and information, a spokesman for Kennedy said the premise of the Associated Press’ inquiry was flawed and relied on selective and inaccurate characterizations.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Heathcliff, too, benefits from some delightfully inaccurate outfitting.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Heathcliff has tricked Edgar’s sister, Isabella, into marrying him by pretending to love her.—
Becky Little,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.—
Sakchai Lalit,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The writers don’t concoct some miraculous escape from judgment that would be untrue to the period.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Falzone retired on his own, police chief says Carney and Campurciani later addressed various claims in the lawsuits, telling the Observer and WSOC the allegations were simply untrue.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Mick Cronin is a classic bully, and the fact that UCLA continues to empower him with new contracts and no questions is misguided malfeasance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Chater and Loewenstein believe that the government nudgers are not malevolent, but misguided.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Many people are confused because they’ve been placed in a new district.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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What’s troubling about the drop in vaccination rates, however, is that confused — and at times contradictory — public debate around vaccines has almost certainly driven that decline.—
Josh M. Shepherd,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Deluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluded. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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