DELUSIONARY Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

delusionary

adjective

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Adjective

Grief experts are wary of these potential harms, too — especially since several major AI companies faced wrongful death lawsuits claiming AI chatbots encouraged self-harm or pushed users into delusional mental states.

— Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
In an interview with NPR, Wolff said neighbors, family, and teachers all agreed that Saldaño was sometimes delusional and unable to understand such simple directions as how to cross the street without being hit by a car.

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 22 June 2026

Definition of delusional

Adjective

Given that the conflict between Rudd and Marcus becomes sweaty as hell to begin with (Rudd grows paranoid that Marcus will steal his spotlight), Spicer’s film would have been well-served to paper over it in favor of a few extra gags.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2026
She’s been attacked, her puritanical sister has landed from America, and murder is starting to feel less like a paranoid theory than a reasonable working assumption.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 June 2026

Definition of paranoid

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But the real shock here is Wilde, who not only knows how to keep viewers on the back foot as a filmmaker but slides into a neurotic register and off-kilter comic timing for her high-strung hostess that fit her like rubber glove.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
In a four-hander where each performer excels in their own way, Wilde gives a neurotic tour de force.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026

Definition of neurotic

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As her life is starting, her mother suffers from an acute schizophrenic episode.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026
Americans call the sport soccer, the rest of the world calls it football, and therein lies the rub, the disconnection at the heart of the schizophrenic All-American life of Gilbert Chevalier.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Definition of schizophrenic

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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.

— Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024

Definition of schizoid

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Reactions both delirious and dejected have become a staple on national and global soccer telecasts.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
And fans have been delirious for years about our most exciting attacker, Nestory Irankunda, a twenty-year-old prodigy from Adelaide, who plays for Watford, in England, and who can strike the ball with unteachable grace.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 1 July 2026

Definition of delirious

Adjective

In 2018, their son, Alan Hu, was receiving medical care for depression and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

— Sharon Chin, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Wealthy, misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive, Melvin Udall, played by Jack Nicholson, develops an unlikely bond with Carol, a waitress portrayed by Helen Hunt.

— Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Definition of obsessive-compulsive

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Studies have found that Black college women, as a group, report greater body satisfaction and lower rates of disordered eating than white women of comparable weight.

— Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Research shows that such bodily scrutiny is already damaging transgender youth and that bodily shame can significantly affect young people’s mental health, leading to disordered eating and other physical and psychological harm.

— Megan Gandy, The Conversation, 1 July 2026

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