英语词汇“delude”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself. If you delude yourself into thinking your mom's chocolate cake is low in fat, you'll be disappointed to find out it's made with two sticks of butter!

If you delude someone into thinking something, you are making a fool of them, or making them foolish. The word shares a root with ludicrous which means completely ridiculous. The thing that you foolishly believe is a delusion. Someone with delusions of grandeur has deluded themselves into thinking they are very, very special.

WORD FAMILY

delude: deluded, deludes, deluding, delusion, delusive, delusory+/delusion: delusional, delusions/delusional: delusionally/delusive: delusively

USAGE EXAMPLES

They are seen by some as deluded excuses rather than helpful explanations.

The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)

“We are waiting for confirmation, but I am not deluding myself.”

New York Times(Dec 21, 2016)

The children remain little beasts; his father remains a baron of bluster and a deluded idealist, still smitten with the promise of pan-Arabism.

New York Times(Dec 14, 2016)

v be false to; be dishonest with

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

cozen, deceive, lead on

betray, sell

deliver to an enemy by treachery

cheat, chisel

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

shill

act as a shill

flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick

deceive somebody

befool, fool, gull

make a fool or dupe of

betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg

subject to a playful hoax or joke

ensnare, entrap, frame, set up

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

humbug

trick or deceive

double cross

betray by double-dealing

job

profit privately from public office and official business

shark

play the shark; act with trickery

rig, set up

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

cozen

act with artful deceit

crib

use a crib, as in an exam

two-time

carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time

cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle

tamper, with the purpose of deception

snooker

fool or dupe

fool around, play around

commit adultery

victimise, victimize

make a victim of

单词	delude
释义	delude (once / 407 pages) v To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself. If you delude yourself into thinking your mom's chocolate cake is low in fat, you'll be disappointed to find out it's made with two sticks of butter! If you delude someone into thinking something, you are making a fool of them, or making them foolish. The word shares a root with ludicrous which means completely ridiculous. The thing that you foolishly believe is a delusion. Someone with delusions of grandeur has deluded themselves into thinking they are very, very special. WORD FAMILY delude: deluded, deludes, deluding, delusion, delusive, delusory+/delusion: delusional, delusions/delusional: delusionally/delusive: delusively USAGE EXAMPLES They are seen by some as deluded excuses rather than helpful explanations. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) “We are waiting for confirmation, but I am not deluding myself.” New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) The children remain little beasts; his father remains a baron of bluster and a deluded idealist, still smitten with the promise of pan-Arabism. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) v be false to; be dishonest with Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper cozen, deceive, lead on betray, sell deliver to an enemy by treachery cheat, chisel engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud shill act as a shill flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick deceive somebody befool, fool, gull make a fool or dupe of betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg subject to a playful hoax or joke ensnare, entrap, frame, set up take or catch as if in a snare or trap humbug trick or deceive double cross betray by double-dealing job profit privately from public office and official business shark play the shark; act with trickery rig, set up arrange the outcome of by means of deceit cozen act with artful deceit crib use a crib, as in an exam two-time carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle tamper, with the purpose of deception snooker fool or dupe fool around, play around commit adultery victimise, victimize make a victim of
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