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deluded

[dih-lood]

verb (used with object), -lud·ed, -lud·ing.

to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive: His conceit deluded him into believing he was important.

Obsolete. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of.

Obsolete. to elude; evade.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English deluden < Latin dēlūdere to play false, equivalent to dē- de- + lūdere to play

Related forms

de·lud·er, noun

de·lud·ing·ly, adverb

non·de·lud·ed, adjective

non·de·lud·ing, adjective

pre·de·lude, verb (used with object), -lud·ed, -lud·ing.

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un·de·lud·ed, adjective

un·de·lud·ed·ly, adverb

un·de·lud·ing, adjective

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Synonyms
1. beguile, cozen, dupe, cheat, defraud, gull.

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Example Sentences

Progressives who flocked to his campaign basically deluded themselves, mistaking style for substance.

Anyone who takes a deanship without tenure must be sorely deluded.

Don't get deluded by individuals because they say things you agree with.

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Progressives who flocked to his campaign basically deluded themselves, mistaking style for substance.

Anyone who takes a deanship without tenure must be sorely deluded.

Don't get deluded by individuals because they say things you agree with.

But the fascination with our demise isn't limited to deluded zealots.

Today, the deluded are those who attempt to deny that it ever existed.

If they go to college because they think it will get them a job, they are deluded.

The profession has successfully deluded itself and society about its contribution for centuries.

Then again, it might be fun arguing with someone so deluded.

Even many of his critics see him as a deluded knight-errant rather than as a venal opportunist.

What this seems to mean is that the world is filled with deluded and frustrated souls.

The list of the hopeful or the deluded is lengthening fast.

Perhaps they too are deluded by childhood fantasies of metal men.

We see ourselves as eminently reasonable and those who disagree with us as foolish, deluded or dishonest.

Iceland went bust because a country of fishermen was deluded into thinking it had become a giant investment bank.

They may be over-optimistic, incompetent or deluded.

White youngsters who think they can leave school with few or no qualifications and walk into a job are not wholly deluded.

Curtis is loquacious and endlessly spinning deluded paranoid tales of his mother, whom he believes to be a voodoo priestess.

Those who would say the answer is yes are either deluded or naïve, or worse.

No one should be deluded into thinking the measure is a cure-all, however.

He may have deluded himself into thinking that by taking hostages he could force a prosecutor to review his earlier dismissal.

Stevens is likewise dopey as the lady's deluded niece.

They should not be deluded by the recent flurry of reasonable results into thinking that their prospects are rosy.

But he never deluded himself about his talent compared with that of the best golfers of his day.

The deluded may continue to live in their delusions.

Queenan, have not been deluded by the false aesthetic of modernism and postmodernism.

Let other environmentalists call him deluded at best, traitorous at worst.

But the problem underlying all this is the decline of effective demand, not the deluded investors or their enablers.

Hugo is consumed with rage, though it is never clear if he was unjustly ignored or if he is deluded about his place on the team.

Making such requests often takes a deluded sense of self-confidence, aggressiveness and a willingness to take risk.

People who say billions are give are clearly deluded.

The west is deluded by their arrogance and military might.

He seems to be deluded by his powers of persuasion in both domestic and international politics.

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Word Origin & History

delude

c.1400, from L. deludere "to mock, deceive," from de- "down, to one's detriment" + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous).

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