Definition of Deluded

1. Adjective. Being affected by delusions. ¹

2. Verb. (past of delude) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deluded

1. delude [v] - See also: delude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deluded

deltoid tuberosity
deltoidal
deltoidei
deltoideopectoral triangle
deltoideopectoral trigone
deltoideus
deltoideus muscle
deltoids
deltopectoral
deltopectoral flap
delts
delubrum
delubrums
deludable
delude
deluded (current term)
deludedly
deluder
deluders
deludes
deluding
deludingly
deluge
deluged
deluges
deluging
delundung
delusion
delusion of control
delusion of grandeur

Literary usage of Deluded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1839)
"deluded swain, the pleasure The fickle fair can give thee, Is but a fairy treasure, Thy hopes will soon deceive thee. The billows on the ocean, ..."

2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1859)
"... was spared, in hopes these deluded people would at last be made sensible that lenity, whilst it could be shown without prejudice to ourselves, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... be a certain sign of madness : therefore " deluded imagination," is not only ... but an essential character of madness'(f)-21 '•' deluded imagination, ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"He artfully propagated the rumours and opinions the most favourable to his interest, while he deluded the populace by giving audience to the frequent but ..."

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