Definitions for delirious

delirious de·lir·i·ous

Spelling: [dih-leer-ee-uh s]
IPA: /dɪˈlɪər i əs/

Delirious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 413 anagrams from letters in delirious (deiilorsu).

Definitions for delirious

adjective

  1. Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
  2. wild with excitement, enthusiasm, etc.:

Origin of delirious

First recorded in 1590-1600; deliri(um) + -ous

Examples for delirious

Macquart, especially, appeared to be delirious with enthusiasm.

I remember a time, soon after we moved to the compound, when I was delirious with fever and desperately wanted her by my side.

I was sort of delirious in the middle of that big thing happening.

For months I was mad, fevered, delirious, and yet I could not die.

Roland was, however, by this time in high fever and delirious.

He contracts Kharga Fever, which renders him delirious and causes him gradually to lose his eyesight.

With most of America delirious with Obamaphilia, conservatives are feeling thin-skinned and not much in the mood for compromise.

During those 12 days that we shot, I became really ill, so I was having that delirious, waking dream feeling anyway.

If a delirious man had struck me, I should not have been angry with him.

In two hours I was delirious, and the end of the Diary and of myself was at hand.

Word Value for delirious
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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