deluded

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deluded

  • /dɪˈluːdɪd/

Sounds like diluted (in some dialects)

adjective more deluded · most deluded

  1. Being affected by delusions. He was deluded to think that she cared in the slightest.

    Similar: delusional

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of delude

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Closest in meaning: mislaid, confused, misplaced, misguided, lost, deranged, deceived, fooled, misled, tricked, delusionary, obsessed, disillusionist, ill-affected, mythomaniacal, prejudiced

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adj to hold a misleading belief

Españoldeludido, iluso
हिन्दीभ्रमित bhramit
Deutschgetäuscht, verblendet, verwirrt, in die Irre geführt
Русскийзаблудший zabludšij, запутавшийся zaputavšijsja

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@misc{deluded_2026,
  title = {deluded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deluded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}