Standard Lemma guide

deluded

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈluːdɪd/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: diluted (in some dialects)
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 L UW1 D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Being affected by delusions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was deluded to think that she cared in the slightest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delusional

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of delude

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: bláhový — to hold a misleading belief
  • Czech: pošetilý — to hold a misleading belief
  • Danish: vildledt — to hold a misleading belief
  • German: getäuscht — to hold a misleading belief
  • German: verblendet — to hold a misleading belief
  • German: verwirrt — to hold a misleading belief
  • German: in die Irre geführt — to hold a misleading belief
  • Hindi: भ्रमित (bhramit) — to hold a misleading belief
  • Macedonian: за́блуден (zábluden) — to hold a misleading belief
  • Māori: kaihewa — to hold a misleading belief
  • Māori: pākirakira — to hold a misleading belief
  • Māori: pāhewa — to hold a misleading belief
  • Māori: hewa — to hold a misleading belief
  • Māori: pāhewahewa — to hold a misleading belief
  • Māori: hewahewa — to hold a misleading belief
  • Russian: заблудший (zabludšij) — to hold a misleading belief
  • Russian: запутавшийся (zaputavšijsja) — to hold a misleading belief
  • Spanish: deludido — to hold a misleading belief
  • Spanish: iluso — to hold a misleading belief