NOUN | state | delirium, craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria | state of violent mental agitation |
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state | delirium | a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations |
Sounds | dihlih'riyahm | |
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Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... |
Meaning | state of violent mental agitation. | |
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Synonyms | craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria | |
Narrower | mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia | A condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation |
nympholepsy | A frenzy of emotion | |
Broader | mania, manic disorder | A mood disorder |
Spanish | delirio, frenesí, histeria, histerismo, locura, manía | |
Catalan | bogeria, deliri, frenesia, frenesí, histèria, histerisme | |
Adjectives | delirious | experiencing delirium |
delirious | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion |
Meaning | A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations. | |
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Broader | mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion |
Spanish | delirio, delirium, delírium | |
Catalan | deliri |
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