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as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
we were delirious with anxiety when the boy failed to return home
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
rushing about in a delirious state during the holidays
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Recent Examples of delirious
So Audra McDonald was the star and George C. Wolfe was the director, a pairing that made a certain breed of theater fan delirious.
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, his primetime chalk talk sessions with the Bros. Manning are the stuff of a football junky’s most delirious fever dreams.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
That all came through, especially on the drums, the delirious guitar solo, and Clarkson’s always stellar vocals.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
This fundamental work anchors a double presentation of works by Kai Althoff (German, born 1966) and Jana Euler (German, born 1982), two artists whose drawings, paintings and sculptures engage with abject imagery, often presenting delirious or complex emotional landscapes in their figuration.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, his primetime chalk talk sessions with the Bros. Manning are the stuff of a football junky’s most delirious fever dreams.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
That all came through, especially on the drums, the delirious guitar solo, and Clarkson’s always stellar vocals.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
This fundamental work anchors a double presentation of works by Kai Althoff (German, born 1966) and Jana Euler (German, born 1982), two artists whose drawings, paintings and sculptures engage with abject imagery, often presenting delirious or complex emotional landscapes in their figuration.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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That’s why, in the final minutes of the team’s home finale last month, agitated fans at Soldier Field serenaded McCaskey and his family with an impassioned request.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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In the middle of the party, an accordion player jigged among a group of young, unsteady revelers, rapping to the beat like an agitated auctioneer.Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Editors’ Picks Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 Image Ms. Battista, the medical student in Rome who was evicted, said her frantic search for another place not far from the city center took five months.Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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What's New Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance sparked a frantic search, has issued a statement after she was found safe.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The video also captures a distraught women yelling into her cellphone, apparently devastated by the destruction.Tara Prindiville, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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There’s also a troubling recurrent theme of angry, violent, and/or distraught mothers, who we are asked to watch suffer or inflict suffering on others time and time again.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater drama:The internet is furious at Ariana Grande.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Many Southern California hikers are furious, convinced the move was unnecessary.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Everton had many mad weeks under former owner Farhad Moshiri, but this one has rivalled them.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
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Few folks are worried about how the yard looks, but Travis Hogan has a keen interest in green grass in January.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the more time Zuckerberg spends in Mar-a-Lago, the more Sam Altman and Tim Cook should be worried.Alex Heath, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2025
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Flames were pushed by intense wind gusts that officials had warned could fuel any spark into a fast-moving and erratic wildfire.Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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In 2021, a storm killed over 240 people and left millions of residents without power sparking intense backlash for ERCOT.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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For the 34th time in two years cops have been called by frightened neighbors or Hollis herself to quell the volcanic quarrels inside Peppermill Apartments unit B-312.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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My friends were confused by my abrupt stop and the frightened and befuddled look on my face — except for one, whose eyes were also bulging wide.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Delirious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirious. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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