delirious

Fevered and incoherent

Delirious describes a state of mental confusion and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations, incoherent speech, and agitation.

The condition typically results from fever, illness, intoxication, or exhaustion: He was delirious for three days after the surgery.

By extension, delirious describes overwhelming excitement or joy: The fans were delirious when the team won.

delirious with happiness.

mania

frenzied

Wildly out of control

  • manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
  • unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
  • wild-eyedAppearing crazed or frantic

raving · hyperactive · agitated · restless · sleepless · grandiose · pressured speech · racing thoughts · impulsive · erratic

slang

crazy

Mentally unhinged

  • madUnhinged or enraged
  • nutsSeeds in shells
  • bonkersWildly irrational, unhinged

out of your mind · unhinged · mental · touched · loopy · round the bend · barmy · crackers · batty · cuckoo

fever

feverish

Having elevated temperature

burning up · hallucinating · incoherent · raving · semiconscious · restless · tossing · turning · nightmares · dehydrated

joy

ecstatic

Overwhelmed with joy

exhilarated · giddy · rapturous · beside oneself · euphoric · blissful · jubilant · transported · overwhelmed · swooning

confusion

disoriented

Lacking sense of direction

muddled · incoherent · addled · foggy · unfocused · rambling · babbling · nonsensical · scattered · garbled

hallucination

visions

Imagined or prophetic sights

nightmarish · dreamlike · surreal · distorted · phantasmagoric · spectral · illusory · otherworldly · fever dream · chimera

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Opposites
mental clarity/lucidity

deliriouslucid

Mentally sharp and comprehensible

clearheaded · rational · coherent · sane · oriented

emotional intensity/composure

deliriouscalm

Free from agitation

composed · serene · tranquil · placid · unruffled

health/wellness

deliriouswell

Dug water source

sound · healthy · normal · balanced · stable

Family

deliriously, deliriousness

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