Delude Definition

dĭ-lo͝od
deluded, deludes, deluding
verb
deluded, deludes, deluding
To fool, as by false promises or wrong notions; mislead; deceive; trick.
Webster's New World
To elude or frustrate.
Webster's New World
To frustrate the hopes or plans of.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • be truthful

Origin of Delude

  • Middle English deluden from Latin dēlūdere dē- de- lūdere to play leid- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō ("I make sport of, I mock"). See ludicrous.

    From Wiktionary

Delude Sentence Examples

  • These foreigners introduced new life into politics and the press, and made it fashionable for educated Maltese to delude themselves with the idea that the Maltese were Italians, because a few of them could speak the language of the peninsula.

  • They delude themselves that they are going to influence and/or modify the priorities of the company.

  • Everywhere preparations were made not for ceremonious welcomes (which he knew Pierre would not like), but for just such gratefully religious ones, with offerings of icons and the bread and salt of hospitality, as, according to his understanding of his master, would touch and delude him.

  • But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

  • His paper presents evidence to show that there are ways in which learners delude themselves and can be misled by feedback.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEL

Words Ending With

EDEUDE

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delude

Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With E