delusive

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delusive

adjective more delusive · most delusive

  1. Producing delusions.
  2. Delusional.
  3. Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion. The poor thing was finally got off, with several delusive assurances that his absence should be short: that Mr. Edgar and Cathy would visit him, and other promises, equally ill-founded, which I invented and reiterated at intervals throughout the way.

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adj inappropriate to reality

Españoldelusivo
हिन्दीभ्रामक bhrāmak
Românădeluzoriu

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@misc{delusive_2026,
  title = {delusive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/delusive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}