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delirium

noun as in wild emotion

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I spend waking hours in a fog of delirium, punctuated by uncontrollable giggle fits, heart palpitations, and mental anguish.

It's not delirium tremors and chromosome breakage and only a small number of users would be seriously harmed.

After Joe watches her father suffer delirium in the hospital, she says she felt "nothing" when he dies.

And they reacted to the announcement with measured delirium, sending equities to their highest levels in nearly four years.

Republicans were never overwhelmed by Mitt Romney; the Democratic delirium for Barack Obama faded two recovery summers ago.

I nursed him through several attacks of delirium tremens, and was always in fear that he would get out and disgrace us.

During the delirium of the fever, Dorothy raved continually about her mother, and dared not be left a moment alone in the dark.

The head is painful, and the patient is now and then even affected with delirium.

The deep-set eyes of the soldier glowed with an unnatural fire, and he was muttering to himself, as if in delirium.

It is most frequent among those whose addiction to alcohol for years has caused repeated paroxysms of delirium tremens.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to delirium, such as: fever, hallucination, hysteria, ardor, ecstasy, and enthusiasm.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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