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infatuated

infatuated

11 6.1
Feeling a very strong but short attraction to someone, often without reason
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈfæʧueɪtɪd/
translation icon : enamorado
  • He became infatuated with her after just one date, dreaming about her day and night.
  • become infatuated
  • hopelessly infatuated
  • so infatuated

Obviously Tommy was so infatuated by Lucy at the start.

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Examples

  • I think I'm infatuated with you.

  • You're totally infatuated with him.

  • But why are we so infatuated with duty?

  • Why are you so infatuated with the woman?

  • And I was completely infatuated with her.

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  • Some of these girls are just completely infatuated with him.

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  • Our society has become infatuated with hiding behind policies and procedures.

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  • He couldn't see anything except how infatuated he was with you.

  • You were madly infatuated with this man, weren't you?

  • In the '60s, New York folkies were so infatuated with that city it only felt "down the road."

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Synonyms

in love
vsinfatuated
1.9

Feeling strong romantic feelings for someone

is intense but usually shorter and more irrational than lasting romance
smitten
vsinfatuated
20 5.8

Very strongly attracted to someone or something

is intense but tends to be brief rather than lasting
head over heels
vsinfatuated
  • Informal
17 3.4

Completely in love with someone

is intense but often brief and more irrational than deep commitment
taken with
vsinfatuated
  • Informal
16 7.1

Feeling a strong liking for someone or something, often very quickly

is intense but often irrational and short-lived
spellbound
vsinfatuated
7 5.2

So interested that you cannot stop watching or listening

is sudden romantic passion rather than entranced attention
enamored
vsinfatuated
  • US
5 6.8

Very much in love with a person, place, or thing

is intense but usually short-lived rather than steady
besotted
vsinfatuated
1 7.2

Very much in love with someone or something and often thinking only about them

is intense yet typically brief and often irrational
lovestruck
vsinfatuated
1 4.8

Feeling very much in love with someone and thinking about them a lot

is intense yet usually short-lived and often not rational
fascinated
vsinfatuated
1 2.1

Very interested and unable to stop paying attention

is a sudden romantic passion rather than general interest
overfond
vsinfatuated
8.1

Liking someone or something too much to be sensible

is intense and often brief rather than a steady excessive fondness
captivated
vsinfatuated
3.9

Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening

is a sudden romantic passion rather than general interest

Antonyms

13 6.1

No longer believing something is good or special after seeing the truth

How Attracted

obsessed
245 4.8
infatuated
11 6.1
smitten
20 5.8
interested
1.0
indifferent
46 4.4

Surface Forms

infatuated positive

Morphology

infatuated = infatuate (transparent) = infatuate + ed

A regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'infatuate'; the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Infatuated comes from Latin parts in- and fatuus, where fatuus means 'foolish'. So to be infatuated is to be 'made foolish' by strong feelings, like a short, dreamy crush that makes you lose clear thought.