as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas
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Recent Examples of delirium
Patients at home are more mobile, less prone to delirium and infection, and often begin rehabilitation faster.
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Lee Fleisher, STAT, 6 Jan. 2026
The Lodge takes its time building a tense atmosphere of suspense and delirium set in a remote winter cabin just days before Christmas.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
The duo bounds alongside an inspired OJ Da Juiceman flip, spitting with delirium about putting their men in Lululemon, letting the Draco sing with reckless abandon, and throwing it in dudes’ faces without a second thought.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
Pynchon’s early 70s Los Angeles (half hallucination, half real estate scam) is both paradise lost and an early symptom of the delirium to come.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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Lee Fleisher, STAT, 6 Jan. 2026
The Lodge takes its time building a tense atmosphere of suspense and delirium set in a remote winter cabin just days before Christmas.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
The duo bounds alongside an inspired OJ Da Juiceman flip, spitting with delirium about putting their men in Lululemon, letting the Draco sing with reckless abandon, and throwing it in dudes’ faces without a second thought.
—Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
Pynchon’s early 70s Los Angeles (half hallucination, half real estate scam) is both paradise lost and an early symptom of the delirium to come.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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Among the frenzy of videos promoting healthier diets, marathon running, and sobriety, one trend catching on with young people—ironically on social media—is the idea of a digital detox, taking time away from our phone’s most addictive apps to improve everything from sleep to focus.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Then a frenzy as all the players rifled through their music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Nicole Connors, 52; Raleigh police officer Gabriel Torres, 29; Mary Marshall, 34; and Susan Karnatz, 49, also were killed in the rampage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Austin Thompson, the North Carolina teenager convicted of killing his brother and four neighbors in a 2022 rampage, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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