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Deluding
- verb - be false to; be dishonest with
- to deceive
Deluging
- verb - charge someone with too many tasks
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
Delusion
- noun - (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
Delusive
- adjective - inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
Delusory
- adjective - causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
Demurely
- adverb - in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
Demurity
- - Demureness; also, one who is demure.
Demurral
- noun - (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Demurred
- verb - enter a demurrer
- take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Demurrer
- noun - (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"