delirious

Questions about delirious

What does delirious mean?

delirious means "experiencing delirium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delirious?

delirious has 4 syllables: de-lir-i-ous. The stress falls on "lir". In IPA it is /dɪˈlɪɹiəs/.

What is another word for delirious?

Close synonyms include hallucinating, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is delirious a common word?

delirious is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.