🇬🇧 Delusional meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Delusional means you are very sure something is true, even though it clearly isn’t, and everyone around you can see it’s not true.

Lena was delusional enough to think her messy room would magically clean itself if she squinted hard enough.

I was delusional to believe I could hide a giant chocolate cake from my family behind a single carrot in the fridge.

I’m pretty sure my delusional alarm clock believes 6 a.m. is a fun time to play its loudest song.

I wasn’t hungry, but my delusional stomach kept growling like it thought it was feeding a whole soccer team.

Some scientists study delusional thinking to understand how our brains can be so sure about wrong ideas—like my brain insisting I still have room for dessert after five slices of pizza.

He stood at the empty station, delusional, waving a delusional handmade ticket to the sky. People watched the delusional grin as he pointed at clouds and called a driver. A child tugged his sleeve, calling the idea delusional; a woman shook her head. At last he laughed, admitted the delusional plan, and walked home with them.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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