Need another word that means the same as “delirious”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “delirious” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Delirious” are: excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained, hallucinating, incoherent, raving, babbling, irrational, hysterical, wild, feverish, frenzied, ecstatic, euphoric, elated, thrilled, overjoyed, walking on air, in seventh heaven, in transports of delight, rapturous, in raptures, exultant, jubilant, in a frenzy of delight, wild with excitement
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “delirious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| babbling | (of flowing water) making a continuous murmuring sound. A gently babbling brook. |
| ecstatic | Feeling great rapture or delight. Ecstatic fans filled the stadium. |
| elated | Full of high-spirited delight. The elated winner. |
| euphoric | Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness. A euphoric sense of freedom. |
| excited | In an aroused state. They were excited about the prospect. |
| exultant | Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success. He waved to the exultant crowds. |
| feverish | Having or affected by a fever. A feverish cold. |
| frantic | Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion. Something frantic in their gaiety. |
| frenzied | Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason. The prosecutor s frenzied denunciation of the accused. |
| hallucinating | Experiencing delirium. |
| hysterical | Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria- Morris Fishbein. Janet became hysterical and began screaming. |
| in a frenzy of delight | Currently fashionable. |
| in raptures | Directed or bound inward. |
| in seventh heaven | Holding office. |
| in transports of delight | Holding office. |
| incoherent | (of a person) unable to speak intelligibly. Incoherent with grief. |
| irrational | Of a number quantity or expression not expressible as a ratio of two integers and having an infinite and non recurring expansion when expressed as a decimal Examples of irrational numbers are the number and the square root of 2. Irrational feelings of hostility. |
| jubilant | Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph. A large number of jubilant fans ran on to the pitch. |
| mad | Affected with madness or insanity. Another myth is that Scorpios are sex mad. |
| overjoyed | Extremely happy. All of them were overjoyed at my success. |
| rapturous | Feeling great rapture or delight. He was greeted with rapturous applause. |
| raving | Used to emphasize a particular quality. Have you gone raving mad. |
| thrilled | Feeling intense pleasurable excitement. |
| unrestrained | Not subject to restraint. Unrestrained laughter. |
| walking on air | Close enough to be walked to. |
| wild | Produced from wild animals or plants without cultivation. Performing in Hollywood was beyond my wildest dreams. |
| wild with excitement | In a state of extreme emotion. |
| afflicted | Mentally or physically unfit. |
| ailing | Somewhat ill or prone to illness. My poor ailing grandmother. |
| bedridden | Confined to bed (by illness. |
| bilious | Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress. A bilious attack. |
| catching | The act of detecting something catching sight of something. Her enthusiasm is catching. |
| consumptive | A person with pulmonary tuberculosis. From birth he was sickly and consumptive. |
| convalescent | (of a person) recovering from an illness or medical treatment. Convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed. |
| delayed | Not as far along as normal in development. |
| dizzy | Make dizzy or giddy. He looked around dizzy with happiness. |
| dyspeptic | Having indigestion or a consequent air of irritable bad temper. |
| embolism | Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble. One patient died of a pulmonary embolism. |
| giddy | Disorientating and alarming, but exciting. Her giddy rise to power. |
| hysterical | Extremely funny. Hysterical amnesia. |
| ill | Ill is often used as a combining form in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner not well. It ill befits a man to betray old friends. |
| indisposed | Strongly opposed. Clearly indisposed to grant their request. |
| mad | Make someone mad. I got mad respect for him. |
| malinger | Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill. People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering. |
| nauseous | Causing or able to cause nausea. The smell was nauseous. |
| pallid | Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness. A pallid ray of winter sun. |
| paralyzed | Affected with paralysis. |
| pathological | Of or relating to the practice of pathology. Pathological laboratory. |
| poorly | (`ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well. Feeling poorly. |
| sallow | Cause to become sallow. The illness has sallowed her face. |
| seedy | Shabby and squalid. He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin. |
| sick | People who are sick. He looked pretty sick at that but he eventually agreed. |
| unbridled | Not restrained or controlled. Unbridled lust. |
| unhealthy | Not conducive to good health. An unhealthy obsession with fast cars. |
| unrestrained | Not subject to restraint. Unrestrained laughter. |
| unwell | Ill. He was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell. |
| wheelchair | A movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant. |
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