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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
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
  1. erroneous
  2. deceived
  3. inaccurate
  4. fooled
  5. untrue
  6. tricked
  7. misguided
  8. confused
Adjective
  • Interestingly, these erroneous memories became stable over time.
    — Elizabeth A. Phelps, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Generally, the courts are limited in overruling regulatory agencies unless a ruling was clearly erroneous.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of erroneous
Verb
  • The state estimates that about 350,000 residents were exposed to the Cambridge Analytica breach, but McGinn asked jurors to consider that Facebook deceived all New Mexicans when making statements regarding privacy and violent content.
    — MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Customers who feel respected are far more forgiving than customers who feel deceived.
    — Natalie Ruiz, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of deceived
Adjective
  • Markings depicted on an image of a Kalinga warrior from an indigenous group in the Philippines were inaccurate and none of the artists involved in creating the mural identified as Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • These limitations could easily produce an analysis that is misleading or inaccurate.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of inaccurate
Verb
  • But don’t be fooled by the fluidity, the tablet itself isn’t paper (or even E Ink).
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Trey Owens fooled the TCU defense with a 34-yard keeper on third-and-1 to get inside the 10-yard line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of fooled
Adjective
  • To say such players carried the Astros this season would be untrue.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Trump claims that Ukraine is responsible for high diesel prices, which is also untrue.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of untrue
Verb
  • An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Because you can get tricked very quickly into thinking that acting is all about me.
    — David Katz, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tricked
Adjective
  • The backlash is an understandable, if misguided, response to a number of concerning cases of police abuse.
    — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Within this literature, no decade is more doom-laden than the nineteen-thirties, when misguided hope and willful blindness led the world’s democracies to grossly underestimate the threat of Fascism.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of misguided
Adjective
  • But one of them, perhaps too slow, or too confused, lingered a second longer, and the claw opened and snapped shut.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But people on the streets of Dorohusk seemed more confused about their options in case of a real attack.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of confused

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“Deluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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