self-deluded

adjective

self-de·​lud·​ed ˌself-di-ˈlü-dəd 

-dē-

: deluded by oneself or having deluded beliefs concerning oneself

I believe in second chances and people changing. I also believe in not being naive and self-deluded.

—Emily Yoffe

There is only one reason to reject an accomplished singer in favour of a self-deluded no-hoper: because the comedic public humiliation of the worst applicants makes good television.

—Neil McCormick

also : characteristic of one who is self-deluded

self-deluded beliefs

Examples of self-deluded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her routine has its roots in France, Shelly tells her daughter (Billie Lourd), sounding self-deluded. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024

Many fathers and sons are present here, including Qaddafi’s slick and self-deluded son Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, who in 2010 approached Matar in London with dubious promises of information and friendship. — Robert F. Worth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-deluded

• alluded
• colluded
• concluded
• deluded
• denuded
• eluded
• excluded
• extruded
• exuded
• included
• intruded
• obtruded