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delirante

delirious

adjective deh-lee-RAHN-teh Rare
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Also means

absurd

Usage Note

Delirante can describe a person in a state of delirium (medical sense: un paziente delirante) or colloquially something wildly absurd, crazy, or over the top: una situazione delirante = 'a completely crazy situation'. The colloquial usage is very frequent in informal speech and social media. The related noun is il delirio ('delirium; frenzy').

Examples

"La folla era in uno stato delirante di euforia."

Natural Translation

The crowd was in a delirious state of euphoria.

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