All 3 Uses of
delude
in
The Goldfinch
- Clearly you are delusional or —I don't know.†
p. 488.1delusional = out of touch with reality (having false beliefs)
- The fact that I smelled divorce, bankruptcy, illness and death in almost every space we viewed was clearly delusional —and, besides, how could the troubles of these previous tenants, real or imagined, harm Kitsey or me?†
p. 506.3
- I was deluded, and I knew it.†
p. 509.5 *deluded = with a false belief; or convinced to have a false belief
Definition:
deceive (convince to have a false belief)