Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to delude
Participle: deluded
Gerund: deluding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | delude |
| you | delude |
| he;she;it | deludes |
| we | delude |
| you | delude |
| they | delude |
Perfect
| I | have deluded |
| you | have deluded |
| he;she;it | has deluded |
| we | have deluded |
| you | have deluded |
| they | have deluded |
Past
| I | deluded |
| you | deluded |
| he;she;it | deluded |
| we | deluded |
| you | deluded |
| they | deluded |
Pluperfect
| I | had deluded |
| you | had deluded |
| he;she;it | had deluded |
| we | had deluded |
| you | had deluded |
| they | had deluded |
Future
| I | will delude |
| you | will delude |
| he;she;it | will delude |
| we | will delude |
| you | will delude |
| they | will delude |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deluded |
| you | will have deluded |
| he;she;it | will have deluded |
| we | will have deluded |
| you | will have deluded |
| they | will have deluded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | delude |
| you | delude |
| he;she;it | delude |
| we | delude |
| you | delude |
| they | delude |
Perfect
| I | have deluded |
| you | have deluded |
| he;she;it | have deluded |
| we | have deluded |
| you | have deluded |
| they | have deluded |
Imperfect
| I | deluded |
| you | deluded |
| he;she;it | deluded |
| we | deluded |
| you | deluded |
| they | deluded |
Pluperfect
| I | had deluded |
| you | had deluded |
| he;she;it | had deluded |
| we | had deluded |
| you | had deluded |
| they | had deluded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would delude |
| you | would delude |
| he;she;it | would delude |
| we | would delude |
| you | would delude |
| they | would delude |
Perfect
| I | would have deluded |
| you | would have deluded |
| he;she;it | would have deluded |
| we | would have deluded |
| you | would have deluded |
| they | would have deluded |
Imperative
| you | delude |
| we | Let's delude |
| you | delude |
Verbs conjugated like 'delude'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'delude'
deluge,
denude,
elude,
ablude,
allude,
belute,
decede,
decide,
decode,
deduce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- deceive
- fool, beguile, betray, humbug, cheat, mock, cozen, defraud
Antonyms
- deceive
- undeceive, enlighten, counsel, disabuse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1408, from L.
deludere "to mock, deceive," from
de- "down, to one's detriment" +
ludere "to play."
2. From Middle English deluden, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō (“to make sport of, to mock”). See ludicrous. See: Middle English '
deluden', Latin '
dēlūdō'.
Sample Sentences
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Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams. [2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):]
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To delude the nation by an airy phantom. [1775, Edmund Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America:]
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It deludes thy search. [c. 1680, John Dryden, Dido to Aeneas:]