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Meaning of Delirium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm

Definitions

  1. A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الهذيان هجر هذيان
Bosanski bunilo zanos бунило занос
Català deliri
Čeština delirium
Deutsch Delirium Fieberphantasie Taumel Tran
Ελληνικά ντελίριο παραλήρημα φρενίτιδα
Español delirio
Euskara eldarnio zorabio zoraldi
Suomi delirium houretila sekavuus sekavuustila
Français délire delirium
Gaeilge rámhaille
Gàidhlig boile breisleach mearan
Galego delírio
ગુજરાતી ચિત્તભ્રમણા
Hrvatski bunilo zanos бунило занос
Հայերեն զառանցանք ցնորք
Bahasa Indonesia delirium
Italiano delirio
日本語 せん妄 譫妄
Қазақша сандырақ
한국어 섬망
Latina delirium
Македонски делириум
Nederlands delier delirium
Polski delirium delirka majaczenie
Português delírio
Română delir
Русский бред горячка делирий
Shqip jerm
Српски bunilo zanos бунило занос
Svenska delirium yra
Tagalog deliryo
Türkçe sayıklama
Українська делірій
Tiếng Việt mê sảng

Examples

“The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind.”
“Better to decay in absolute delirium, than to be the victim of the methodical unreason of ill-bestowed love.”
“The evening wore away, and the long grass was silvery with dew; the consequence was what might have been expected,—next day, he was laid up with a violent cold; and the fever soon ran so high, that delirium came on; and before three days were past, his life hung upon a thread.”
“the delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

delirium tremens Deliriums Delis DeLisa DeLisi DeLisio

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