The meaning of DELIRIOUS is of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium. How to use delirious in a sentence.

Feeling pleasure and happiness Excited, interested and enthusiastic (Definition of delirious from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

DELIRIOUS meaning: 1 : not able to think or speak clearly especially because of fever or other illness; 2 : very excited often + with

1. Of, suffering from, or characteristic of delirium. 2. Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; ecstatic: delirious joy; a crowd of delirious baseball fans.

Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they have a fever.

delirious, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Definition of delirious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. in an excited state and not able to think or speak clearly, usually because of a high temperature. He became delirious and …