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delude

/dɪˈluːd/verb

उच्चारण डिलूड

भ्रम में डालना, धोखा देना, बहकाना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb/yourself (into doing sth)

    to make somebody believe something that is not true

    भ्रम में डालना, धोखा देना, बहकाना

    • Don't delude yourself into thinking that the exam will be easy.
    • He was deluded by promises of quick money.

    Synonyms deceive mislead fool trick dupe

    Opposite enlighten undeceive

◇Word family
delusion noundeluded adjectivedelusional adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

deceive mislead fool trick dupe

Antonyms

enlighten undeceive

?Which word?

Do not confuse delusion (a false belief) and illusion (a false idea or image, often of the senses).

Delusion (गलत विश्वास) और illusion (गलत धारणा या दृष्टि-भ्रम) में भ्रम न करें।