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- Dictionarydelude/dɪˈl(j)uːd/
verb
- 1. make (someone) believe something that is not true: "too many theorists have deluded the public"
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The meaning of DELUDE is to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive, trick. How to use delude in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Delude.
to believe something that is not true, especially because you want to believe it: He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year. Maybe we've just deluded ourselves into thinking we can solve the problem. See. delude. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
DELUDE meaning: 1. to make someone believe something that is not true: 2. to believe something that is not true…. Learn more.
Delude definition: to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive. See examples of DELUDE used in a sentence.
To delude someone into thinking something means to make them believe what is not true.
Definition of delude verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DELUDE meaning: 1. to make someone believe something that is not real or true: 2. believing things that are not…. Learn more.
To cause to hold a false belief; deceive thoroughly: unscrupulous brokers who deluded their clients about the underlying value of the stocks they were touting. See Synonyms at deceive. 2. Obsolete To elude or evade. 3. Obsolete To frustrate the hopes or plans of.
Delude definition: To cause to hold a false belief; deceive thoroughly.
