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
Other signs that your child may be experiencing a rare complication of rotavirus include confusion, delirium, and extreme sleepiness.
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Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
The reference again to excited delirium in connection with Mitchell’s death perhaps owes to the term’s decades-long use among US first responders.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
The crowd that greeted Kamala Harris in a high-school gym outside Milwaukee last month was delighted to the point of delirium.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
As the limited series crams in countless details, the audience must examine too much at once, creating a state of delirium rather than the pulsating tone of a nail-biter.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
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Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
The reference again to excited delirium in connection with Mitchell’s death perhaps owes to the term’s decades-long use among US first responders.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
The crowd that greeted Kamala Harris in a high-school gym outside Milwaukee last month was delighted to the point of delirium.
—Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
As the limited series crams in countless details, the audience must examine too much at once, creating a state of delirium rather than the pulsating tone of a nail-biter.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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