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delude
[ dih-lood ]
verb (used with object)
- to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive:
His conceit deluded him into believing he was important.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- Obsolete. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of.
- Obsolete. to elude; evade.
delude
/ ɪˈː /
verb
- to deceive the mind or judgment of; mislead; beguile
- rare.to frustrate (hopes, expectations, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈܻ徱Բ, adverb
- ˈܻ, noun
- ˈܻ岹, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ܻ· noun
- ·ܻ·Բ· adverb
- ԴDz··ܻ·Բ adjective
- ܲ··ܻ·Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of delude1
Example Sentences
He’s so deluded about what sounds cool that he’s nicknamed himself “The Garbage Man.”
“It was the example of men like Darrow that caused the poor deluded wretch, J.B. McNamara, to believe that he could commit the crimes he did with safety to himself,” Ford said.
To make matters very slightly worse, some of the more deluded or imaginative of those left-wing thinkers have occasionally pretzeled themselves into optimism about Donald Trump’s foreign policy, basically on the stopped-clock theory.
Although some have deluded themselves into thinking the contrary, there will be no deus ex machina moment to stop this from happening.
They were just a useful punching bag for fascist leaders, who needed a hate object to dangle in front of their deluded supporters.
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