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delirium
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delirium as in:  fever induced delirium

She should not be left alone in case the fever returns and makes her delirious.
delirious = mentally confused
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  • We found her in the desert--dehydrated and delirious.
  • She was delirious with the DTs three days into alcohol withdrawal.
  • She was delirious and incoherent.
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  • He's been suffering from hallucinations and delirium. Ranting and raving.  (source)
    delirium = mental confusion
  • What all did I say while I was delirious?  (source)
    delirious = in a state of mental confusion
  • You all have a serious week ahead of you, and I can't have you planning if you're deliriously tired.†  (source)
  • It must have been one of those deliriums that go back to childhood.†  (source)
  • Harding made a sign, indicating delirium.  (source)
    delirium = mental confusion
  • In extreme July temperatures becomes delirious.  (source)
    delirious = mentally confused
  • In the bed, Percy muttered deliriously in his sleep, "Ha, ha, ha."†  (source)
  • The balloon smile, the balloon rip was all-encompassing now as it wandered in deliriums to die in the meadows from which it had come, sinking down now beyond all the sleeping, ignorant and unknowing houses.†  (source)
  • After the better part of a week, Dad's delirium stopped, and he asked us to come talk to him in the bedroom.  (source)
    delirium = mental confusion
  • He barely slept, he was so delirious with fever and pain.  (source)
    delirious = mentally confused
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delirium as in:  delirious with joy

The basketball fans were delirious with joy.
delirious = in a state of having been taken over by excitement or emotion
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  • She spun in circles, delirious with joy.
  • The first soldier did not see the bread—he was not hungry—but the first Jew saw it. His ragged hand reached down and picked a piece up and shoved it deliriously to his mouth.  (source)
    deliriously = in a state of having been taken over by excitement or joy
  • Thomas scrambled to his feet and joined the other two in a group hug, almost delirious.  (source)
    delirious = ecstatic (overwhelmed by joy)
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  • And then from the centre of the delirious fury came a cry of agony and shouts of horror.  (source)
    delirious = a state of having been taken over by excitement or emotion
  • …the general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium that if the crowd could have got their hands on the 2,000 Eurasian war-criminals who were to be publicly hanged on the last day of the proceedings, they would unquestionably have torn them to pieces —  (source)
    delirium = intense excitement
  • We should have all been delirious that she'd moved out of the basement.  (source)
    delirious = extremely happy and excited
  • In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this sub-human chanting of 'B-B! … B-B!' always filled him with horror.  (source)
    delirium = intense excitement
  • Foothill's band was playing their fight song over and over; their fans were delirious; their entire team had poured into the end zone to swarm the cornerback who'd scored the touchdown.  (source)
    delirious = extremely happy and excited
  • John Wilkes Booth saw all of this — the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders.  (source)
  • Estha, delirious with joy, jumped on Velutha, wrapped his legs around his waist and kissed him.  (source)
  • The way her hair was soft around her ears made my stomach landslide with a strange, delirious emotion.  (source)
    delirious = extremely happy and excited (perhaps uncontrollably so)
  • I snort with glee, delirious with excitement.  (source)
    delirious = extremely happy and excited
  • Uncle Al is delirious, standing in the center of the hippodrome track with his arms and face raised, basking in the coins that rain down on him.  (source)
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