as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue
we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet
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Recent Examples of deluded
Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
What concerns those who study political violence is that the public tensions and fighting have a way of filtering into deluded and unstable minds, indirectly leading to violence.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
Here, Monroe’s character, Lee Harker, has managed to escape the deluded clutches of a deeply religious, vacant soul of a mother (Alicia Witt), who lives on a farm and may have a psychic connection to the serial killings.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2024
But to say Starship will not be a game-changer represents the same head-in-the-sand attitude displayed by Bowles a decade ago with his jokes about not waking the deluded dreamers up.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
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Adjective
But Butterworth, among our most sophisticated structuralists, also builds a complicated temporal armature for the familiar tale of a deluded, fame-hungry stage mother.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
What concerns those who study political violence is that the public tensions and fighting have a way of filtering into deluded and unstable minds, indirectly leading to violence.
—Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
Here, Monroe’s character, Lee Harker, has managed to escape the deluded clutches of a deeply religious, vacant soul of a mother (Alicia Witt), who lives on a farm and may have a psychic connection to the serial killings.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2024
But to say Starship will not be a game-changer represents the same head-in-the-sand attitude displayed by Bowles a decade ago with his jokes about not waking the deluded dreamers up.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluded
Adjective
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Ross reportedly threatened to fire officials who oversee the National Weather Service after forecasters tried to correct an erroneous hurricane warning from Trump.Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
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Checking for fraud Be careful with this one, because there are a lot of erroneous reports during the election season.John Brandon, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Durin the Elder, faced with this dread nightmare, realizes he’s been deceived and takes off the Ring.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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With scams falsely promising high returns and low risk, fraudsters deceived high-net-worth individuals into making investments.Frank Teruel, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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The only surprise is that Adar was so easily fooled and then stabbed to death.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Don't be fooled — Charli xcx and George Daniel haven't walked down the aisle just yet.Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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This is inaccurate, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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Scott Keeter, senior fellow at the Pew Research Center, that polls in 2020 and 2016 were inaccurate because Trump supporters opt out of surveys due to distrust in institutions like the mainstream media and polling organizations.Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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But, according to the Pennsylvania attorney general, Trump's characterization is untrue.Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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In a statement to the Times, Olivet said the allegations were untrue.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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This is part of the job of an art advisor, guiding the client away from making a misguided purchase.Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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Despite his short tenure in the Senate, Vance became known as one of the chamber's leading critics of additional federal aid for Ukraine, arguing the effort mirrored misguided support for the War in Iraq.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Deluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluded. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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