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- Dictionarydeluded/dɪˈl(j)uːdɪd/
adjective
- 1. believing something that is not true: "the poor deluded creature"
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believing things that are not real or true: What a deluded fool I've been. Talking to him, I wondered how anyone could be so deluded. Fewer examples. People are deluded if they think climate change is going to fix itself. The fact that they think their interests will be served by this shows just how deeply deluded they are.
to believe something that is not true, especially because you want to believe it: He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year. Maybe we've just deluded ourselves into thinking we can solve the problem. See. delude. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
: deceived by false beliefs. a deluded eccentric. : having or characterized by delusional ideas. deluded thinking. Examples of deluded in a Sentence.
: to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive, trick. … people he regards as deluded by the romantic idea that children somehow possess innate knowledge … Andrew Delbanco.
If you delude someone into thinking something, you are making a fool of them, or making them foolish. The word shares a root with ludicrous which means completely ridiculous. The thing that you foolishly believe is a delusion. Someone with delusions of grandeur has deluded themselves into thinking they are very, very special.
1. To cause to hold a false belief; deceive thoroughly: unscrupulous brokers who deluded their clients about the underlying value of the stocks they were touting. See Synonyms at deceive. 2. Obsolete To elude or evade. 3. Obsolete To frustrate the hopes or plans of.
Deluded definition: entertaining a false belief or opinion; mistaken or deceived in mind or judgment. See examples of DELUDED used in a sentence.
Believing in something that is false.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Delude definition: to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive. See examples of DELUDE used in a sentence.
1. to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive. His conceit deluded him into believing he was important. 2. obsolete. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of. 3. obsolete. to elude; evade.
