delirium
1. state of violent mental agitation (Freq. 2) • Syn: craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria • Derivationally related forms: hysterical (for: hysteria), infuriate (for: fury), delirious, crazy (for: craze), craze (for: craze) • Hypernyms: mania, manic disorder • Hyponyms: nympholepsy, mass hysteria, epidemic hysertia 2. a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations • Hypernyms: mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
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