Delirium
noun
A state of severe confusion and disorientated behavior, usually caused by illness or drinking too much alcohol.
The elderly man was in a state of delirium after the surgery.
Often appears as...
- delirium tremens
- post-op delirium
Usage tips
Medical
noun
Extreme excitement or happiness.
When their favourite team won the match, there was an outpour of delirium among the fans.
Often appears as...
- delirium of joy
- delirium of excitement
noun
A state of severe confusion and disorientated behavior, usually caused by illness or drinking too much alcohol.
The elderly man was in a state of delirium after the surgery.
Often appears as...
- delirium tremens
- post-op delirium
Usage tips
Medical
noun
Extreme excitement or happiness.
When their favourite team won the match, there was an outpour of delirium among the fans.
Often appears as...
- delirium of joy
- delirium of excitement
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Used in hospitals or by medical professionals when describing a patient's condition.
After his fever spiked, he developed delirium and needed constant care.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Delirium usually refers to a temporary condition, not a permanent mental illness.
The infection caused a delirium that lasted several hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Delirium often signals a serious health issue, especially in elderly patients.
Her delirium was so intense the doctors ordered immediate tests.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Used in hospitals or by medical professionals when describing a patient's condition.
After his fever spiked, he developed delirium and needed constant care.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Delirium usually refers to a temporary condition, not a permanent mental illness.
The infection caused a delirium that lasted several hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Delirium often signals a serious health issue, especially in elderly patients.
Her delirium was so intense the doctors ordered immediate tests.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Used in hospitals or by medical professionals when describing a patient's condition.
After his fever spiked, he developed delirium and needed constant care.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Delirium usually refers to a temporary condition, not a permanent mental illness.
The infection caused a delirium that lasted several hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Delirium often signals a serious health issue, especially in elderly patients.
Her delirium was so intense the doctors ordered immediate tests.
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
and while I was out there floating, I started to get a little bit nervous. Actually, I was totally freaking out -- -- and I was borderline hypothermic, and my friends eventually had to help me out of the water. And I don't know if it was delirium setting in or what,
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The Taino myth of the...
Not knowing what else to do, they cut open the welt. A turtle emerged from the wound and swam away, alternating easily between sea and land as she went. When Deminan recovered from his delirium,
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Cat, Raccoon, or...
in frenzied scent marking finally the civets delirium pushes the poor Pangolin downward into the water as the civet watches helplessly the Pangolin swims away
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
and while I was out there floating, I started to get a little bit nervous. Actually, I was totally freaking out -- -- and I was borderline hypothermic, and my friends eventually had to help me out of the water. And I don't know if it was delirium setting in or what,
Video examples
The Taino myth of the...
Not knowing what else to do, they cut open the welt. A turtle emerged from the wound and swam away, alternating easily between sea and land as she went. When Deminan recovered from his delirium,
Video examples
Cat, Raccoon, or...
in frenzied scent marking finally the civets delirium pushes the poor Pangolin downward into the water as the civet watches helplessly the Pangolin swims away
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Zaha Hadid
British Architect
When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.
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Eric Stoltz
American Actor
Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.
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Zach Galifianakis
American Actor
You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.
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Floyd Skloot
American Poet
Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends.
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John Forbes Nash, Jr.
American Mathematician
I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Louis-Ferdinand Celine
French Writer
To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!
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Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
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Philip Guston
American Artist
I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
The thing about delirium is you think it's great, but it actually isn't.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.
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Zaha Hadid
British Architect
When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.
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Eric Stoltz
American Actor
Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.
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Zach Galifianakis
American Actor
You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.
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Floyd Skloot
American Poet
Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends.
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John Forbes Nash, Jr.
American Mathematician
I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.
Quote examples
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
French Writer
To hell with reality! I want to die in music, not in reason or in prose. People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. To hell with them!
Quote examples
Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
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Philip Guston
American Artist
I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
The thing about delirium is you think it's great, but it actually isn't.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.
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