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.

delirious — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
experiencing delirium
Synonymshallucinating
Similarill
2.
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
“a crowd of delirious baseball fans”
“something frantic in their gaiety”
“a mad whirl of pleasure”
Synonymsexcited frantic mad unrestrained
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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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for delirious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
experiencing delirium
Synonymshallucinating
Similarill
2.
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
“a crowd of delirious baseball fans”
“something frantic in their gaiety”
“a mad whirl of pleasure”
Synonymsexcited frantic mad unrestrained
Similarwild

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.

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