'Delirious' definitions:
Definition of 'delirious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Experiencing delirium [syn: delirious, hallucinating]
adjective
Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained]
Definition of 'Delirious'
From: GCIDE
- Delirious \De*lir"i*ous\, a. [From Delirium.] Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- {De*lir"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {De*lir"i*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'delirious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- ablaze,
- afire,
- all agog,
- amok,
- ardent,
- at fever pitch,
- babbling,
- bellowing,
- berserk,
- bewildered,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- burning,
- carried away,
- confused,
- cordial,
- corybantic,
- crazed,
- crazy,
- delighted,
- demented,
- demoniac,
- deranged,
- disarranged,
- disordered,
- distracted,
- disturbed,
- dizzy,
- drunk,
- ecstatic,
- enraptured,
- enthused,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- exuberant,
- fanatical,
- febrile,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- feverous,
- fierce,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- flushed,
- frantic,
- frenetic,
- frenzied,
- fulminating,
- furious,
- giddy,
- glowing,
- haggard,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hectic,
- hog-wild,
- hot,
- howling,
- hyperpyretic,
- hyperthermic,
- hysteric,
- hysterical,
- impassioned,
- in a fever,
- in a transport,
- in hysterics,
- incoherent,
- infatuated,
- inflamed,
- insane,
- intense,
- intoxicated,
- irrational,
- keen,
- lightheaded,
- lively,
- lunatic,
- mad,
- madding,
- maniac,
- off,
- on fire,
- orgasmic,
- orgiastic,
- overanxious,
- overdesirous,
- overeager,
- overenthusiastic,
- overexcited,
- overwrought,
- overzealous,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- possessed,
- pyretic,
- rabid,
- raging,
- rambling,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- rapturous,
- raving,
- ravished,
- red-hot,
- roaring,
- running mad,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- storming,
- thrilled,
- transported,
- ultrazealous,
- uncontrollable,
- unhinged,
- unreasonable,
- unrestrained,
- unsettled,
- vigorous,
- violent,
- wandering,
- warm,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- zealous